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74. SARCASM

Music: By Sergei Prokofiev (Sarcasms, suite for piano, Op. 17, 1912-14), arranged by Alexei Archangelsky.

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Presented by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Guest. Conceived and directed by Nikita Balieff. Scenery by Yuri Annenkov. Costume design uncredited.

Premiere: October 10, 1927, Balieff's Chauve-Souris (The Bat Theatre of Moscow), Cosmopolitan Theater, New York. Conductor: S. Kogan.

Cast: Tamara Geva.

Note: In Petrograd, Kasian Goleizovsky, whom Balanchine cited as an influence, created a ballet, Sarcasms, to Prokofiev music, probably in the early 1920s. See 73, NOTE.

See also: 73 74.1 85.1 85.2 85.3

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Tamara Geva, Lincoln Kirstein. Although part of a revue, these pieces were reviewed separately by J[ohn] M[artin] in the New York Times, December 11, 1927. Additional information about the Chauve-Souris productions [73] [74, 74.1] [85.1, 85.2, 85.3] provided by Claude Conyers.