Program
Masters at Work I
SEPT 29, 30, OCT 3 mat & eve, 9, 10 eve
Performance Dates
EFFERVESCENT CHARM, GROUNDBREAKING NEOCLASSICISM, AND A ONE-OF-A-KIND COMEDY
Three strikingly different ballets from the company’s co-founding choreographers demonstrate the breadth of their creators’ expressive modes. The evening commences with La Source, Balanchine’s bubbling “pink champagne” ballet, in the words of original lead Violette Verdy, set to the charming music of favorite composer Léo Delibes, followed by The Four Temperaments, the choreographer’s spiky, Black & White interpretation of the eponymous Paul Hindemith composition. Jerome Robbins’ comedic tour de force The Concert, with music by his own preferred composer, Frédéric Chopin, concludes the program, and brings caricatures of concertgoers to life on a stage shared with the pianist.
Ballets on this Program
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La Source
A frothy classical wonder, the French-themed La Source combines thrilling ensemble work with virtuoso pas de deux.
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The Four Temperaments
A ballet with unceasing appeal, The Four Temperaments references the medieval concept of psychological humors through its classically grounded but definitively modern movement.
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The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)
A one-of-a-kind comedic ballet, The Concert portrays a cast of quirky characters at a piano recital and their laugh-out-loud antics.
