Program
All Ravel
MAY 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24 eve
Performance Dates
MARKING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF NYCB’S RAVEL FESTIVAL
In 1975 the Company presented a festival dedicated to the music of the French composer Maurice Ravel. To honor the 50th anniversary of the event, the Company offers this program featuring three works that had their premieres during the festival: Jerome Robbins’ playful In G Major, with sets and costumes by the Art Deco master Erté; Pavane, a solo work from Balanchine for a female dancer; and his Sonatine, a pas de deux marked by a lighthearted spirit of dancers at play. The program closes with Balanchine’s entrancingly mysterious La Valse, an enduring classic first performed in 1951.
Ballets on this Program
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In G Major
With the playful jazz accents of Ravel’s Concerto in G and fashionable scenery and costumes by Erté, this lighthearted ballet suggests a chic Riviera setting.
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Pavane
Echoing its music, this ballet is a lament choreographed for a solo female dancer who carries with her a length of chiffon throughout the performance.
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Sonatine
The polished simplicity and emotional interplay of the rarely-seen Sonatine evokes the elegance of the French artists on which it was made.
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La Valse
Captivated by the moody and mysterious world of Ravel’s La Valse, a young woman waltzes through Balanchine’s surging choreography with tragic results.
