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The Unanswered Question (from Ivesiana)

from Ivesiana

Music
Charles Ives
Choreography
George Balanchine

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A hypnotically alluring piece that captures the haunting, otherworldly music of Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question features a lone ballerina who is held aloft throughout the distinctive dance of subtle mystery.

“The Unanswered Question” is the second section of Balanchine’s Ivesiana, which he choreographed to a series of unrelated Charles Ives orchestral pieces shortly after the composer’s death in 1954. The complex music of this Connecticut-born artist, incorporating extensive use of atonality, clashing meters and quarter-tones, had rarely been performed prior to its use in Ivesiana. 

 

7 minutes

THE UNASWERED QUESTION

Sara Adams is hauntingly held aloft by four, making her debut in The Unanswered Question from Ivesiana by George Balanchine.

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