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Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Chaconne (ballet)

Chaconne is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to ballet music from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna, 1762; Paris, 1774). The premiere took place

Original cast#

: Pas de trois *Renee Estopinal *Wilhelmina Frankfurt *Jay Jolley : Pas de deux *Susan Hendl *Jean-Pierre Frohlich : Pas de cinq *Elise Flagg *Bonita Borne *Elyse Borne *Laura Flagg *Nichol Hlinka : Pas de deux *Suzanne Farrell *Peter Martins : Chaconne *Suzanne Farrell *Susan Pilarre *Marjorie Spohn *Tracy Bennett :and corps de ballet *Peter Martins *Gerard Ebitz

Filmography#

1978 TFC, Peter Martins: A Dancer, pas de deux

Videography / DVD#

  • 1995 Nonesuch, The Balanchine Library: Choreography by Balanchine, excerpts (1978)
  • 2001 Kultur, Peter Martins: A Dancer, pas de deux
  • 2004 Kultur, Balanchine, excerpts

Television#

  • 1978 PBS, Dance in America, excerpts
  • 1978 CBC, Montreal
  • 1983 PBS, Gala of Stars, excerpt
  • 1984 TF1, Faust

Articles#

  • Sunday NY Times by Clive Barnes, February 1, 1976
  • Sunday NY Times by Elizabeth Kendall, February 8, 1976
  • NY Times by Anna Kisselgoff, February 16, 1976
  • NY Times by Daniel J. Wakin, October 23, 2010

Reviews#

  • NY Times review by Clive Barnes, January 24, 1976
  • NY Times review by Clive Barnes, February 9, 1976
  • NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, January 31, 1982
  • NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, May 28, 1987
  • NY Times review by Jack Anderson, February 8, 1994
  • NY Times review by Jack Anderson, June 30, 2001
  • NY Times review by Jack Anderson, May 3, 2003
  • NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, November 27, 2007

film#

  • NY Times review of Dance in America
  • Chaconne on the website of the Balanchine Trust
Composer
Christoph Willibald von Gluck