one act ballets

Music by Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Choreography by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins

APOLLO

ballet in two scenes
Music by Igor Stravinsky (Apollon musagete)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1928)
Libretto by Igor Stravinsky
Staging: Francia Russell
Original lighting design by Ronald Bates
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich

World premiere: 12 June 1928, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Théâtre Sarah Bernhart, Paris
Premiere of last revived version at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 April 1998

Running time 33 minutes

TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine (1960)
Staging by Francia Russell
Costume design by Karinska

World premiere: 29 March 1960, New York City Ballet, New York City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 April 1998, St Petersburg

Running time: 10 minutes

TARANTELLA

Music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67, orchestrated by Hershy Kay)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1964)

Running time: 7 minutes


Prodigal Son

ballet in three scenes
Music by Sergey Prokofiev (1929)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1929)
Libretto by Boris Kochno (after the biblical parable)

Scenery and costumes: Georges Rouault (1929)
Scenery executed: Prince A. Schervashidze
Costumes executed: Vera Soudeikina
Staging: Karin von Aroldingen and Paul Boos
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: May 21, 1929, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris
Premiere in the Mariinsky Theatre: December, 14, 2001

Running time 40 minutes