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Frédéric Chopin

The Concert (ballet)

The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody) is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's ballet master, to Chopin's: :Polonaise in A major "Military", Op. 40, No. 1 :Berceuse

Original cast#

  • Tanaquil LeClercq
  • Todd Bolender
  • Yvonne Mounsey
  • Robert Barnett
  • Wilma Curley
  • John Mandia
  • Shaun O’Brien
  • Patricia Savoia
  • Richard Thomas

Other companies (selected)#

  • The Australian Ballet, premiered May 10th, 1979. Revived 1987, 2008.
  • Boston Ballet
  • Houston Ballet
  • Pacific Northwest Ballet
  • Paris Opera Ballet
  • Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, premiered April 13th 2007.
  • The Royal Ballet, premiered March 4th, 1975. Revived 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2018.
  • Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, premiered July 10th, 2010.
  • Vienna State Ballet
  • San Francisco Ballet

References#

  • Repertory Week, NYCB, Winter season, 2008 repertory, week 1
  • Playbill, NYCB, Thursday, January 3, 2008
  • Playbill, NYCB, Wednesday and Friday, June 4 and 6th, 2008

Reviews#

  • NY Times, John Martin, March 7, 1956
  • NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 26, 1983
  • NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, May 15, 2001
  • NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, January 5, 2008
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Frédéric Chopin