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A Repertory Rarity Set to Selections from Tschaikovsky's Piano Works Meets an Allegory of the Passage of Time
Jerome Robbins turned to Tschaikovsky for Piano Pieces, which infuses classical steps and patterns with suggestions of folk dances, drawing on hints in the music encompassing compositions ranging across the composer’s career. Robbins’ ebullient ballet The Four Seasons, with its vibrantly colored costumes and inflections of humor, presents an allegory of the changing seasons set to selections from Verdi.
Ballets on this Program
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Piano Pieces
Displaying Robbins’ penchant for crafting diverse emotional atmospheres to solo piano pieces, this folk-tinged ballet for three couples, a male soloist, and a corps de ballet contrasts delicate solemnness with congenial amusement.
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The Four Seasons
This audience favorite translates the seasons into frosty flirtation, springtime awakening, sultry revelry, and autumnal bacchanal, all set to Verdi’s vibrant melodies.
