New York City Ballet

Variations on a Nursery Song

Choreography by: Richard Tanner

Music by: Ernst von Dohnanyi

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Credits

Music: Variations on a Nursery Song, for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25 (1914)
Premiere: January 22, 1998, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater
Original Cast: Yvonne Borree, Miranda Weese, Samantha Allen, Peter Boal, Arch Higgins, Alexander Ritter, and Alexandra Ansanelli, Aesha Ash, Ellen Bar, Saskia Beskow, Kristina Fernandez, Eva Natanya, Laura Paulus, Elizabeth Walker, Christopher Boehmer, Darius Crenshaw, Kurt Froman, Kyle Froman, Stephen Hanna, Christopher MacDougall, Sean Savoye, and Robert Wersinger
Length: 25 min.

This ballet has sets and costumes by Alain Vaes and lighting by Mark Stanley.

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