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366. VALSE FANTAISIE



Music: By Mikhail Glinka (Valse Fantaisie in B minor, 1839; orchestrated 1856).

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Scenery, costumes, and lighting by Esteban Francés.

Premiere: June 1, 1969, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving.

Cast: Suki Schorer, John Prinz, 4 women.

Note: This version of Valse Fantaisie was originally presented by the New York City Ballet in 1967 as the second section of Glinkiana [359]. In 1931 and 1953 Balanchine choreographed different ballets to this music.

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1973   Garden State Ballet

1973   Los Angeles Ballet

1975   Pacific Northwest Ballet

1976   U.S. Terpsichore (New York City)

1977   North Carolina Dance Theatre

1977   Stars of American Ballet (disbanded)

1978   Berkshire Ballet

1978   Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet (in 1980 separated from Chicago Lyric Opera to form Chicago City Ballet)

1978   Dallas Ballet

1978   Princeton Ballet (New Jersey)

1979   Connecticut Ballet

1980   American Festival Ballet Company (Idaho)

1980   Baltimore Ballet (closed—formerly Maryland Ballet)

1980   New Jersey Ballet

1981   City Ballet of Toronto

1981   Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia

1982   Dance Alive! State Touring Company of Florida

1982   Festival Ballet (Rhode Island)

1982   Kansas City Ballet

1982   Tallahassee Ballet

1982   Toledo Ballet Association

1982   Dance Theatre of Harlem

1983   Arizona Metropolitan Ballet

1983   Balleto del Sol

1983   Pennsylvania Ballet

1984   Atlantic Ballet

1984   Des Moines Ballet

1984   Southern Ballet Theatre

1984   Southwest Ballet Company

1984   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1985   Ballet Oklahoma

1986   Ballet Concerto Company of Miami

1986   Ballet Mississippi

1986   Omaha Theater Company

1986   Catskill Ballet Theatre

1986   Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia

1987   Augusta Ballet

1987   Miami City Ballet

1988   Catskill Ballet Theatre

1988   Hong Kong Ballet

1988   Louisville Ballet

1988   New Jersey Ballet

1988   Northwest Florida Ballet

1988   Pennsylvania Ballet

1988   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

1989   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1990   Ballet Dallas

1990   Ballet de San Juan

1990   Granite State Ballet

1990   Hong Kong Ballet

1990   The Marin Ballet

1990   West Australian Ballet

1991   Pennsylvania Ballet

1991   Southern Ballet Theatre

1992   Ballet Austin

1992   Boston Dance Company

1992   Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

1992   Nashville City Ballet

1992   Pacific Northwest Ballet

1992   Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia

1992   Spokane Ballet

1993   Contra Costa Ballet

1993   Miami City Ballet

1993   NAPAC Ballet (Natal Performing Arts Council—Durban, South Africa)

1994   Ballet Dallas

1994   Boston Ballet

1994   Boston Dance Company

1994   Diablo Ballet

1994   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1995   Allegheny Ballet Company

1995   Pasadena Dance Theatre

1996   City Ballet of San Diego

1996   Pacific Northwest Ballet

1996   Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia

1996   Russian Ballet Theatre

1996   San Diego Ballet

1997   Ballet Mississippi

1997   Boston Dance Company

1997   Contra Costa Ballet

1997   Pennsylvania Ballet

1997   Repertory Dance Theatre

1997   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1997   Western Ballet Theater

1998   Aspen Ballet

1998   Boston Dance Company

1998   Municipal Theatre of Berne

1998   Pioneer Valley Ballet

1999   Chautauqua Institution (New York)

1999   Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

2000   City Ballet of San Diego

2000   Palm Springs Ballet

2000   Royal Swedish Ballet

2000   Saint Louis Ballet

2000   Western Ballet Theater

2001   Alabama Dance Theatre

2001   Channel Island Ballet (formerly Ballet Wisconsin)

2002   Ballet Austin

2002   Carolina Ballet

2002   Chautauqua Institution (New York)

2002   Mid-Columbia Regional Ballet

2002   Minnesota Ballet

2002   North Carolina Dance Theatre

2002   Omaha Theater Company Ballet

2002   Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia

2003   Columbia Classical Ballet Company

2003   Festival Ballet Theatre of Orange County

2003   Ballet NY

2004   Ballet Chicago

2004   Minnesota Ballet

2004   Saint Louis Ballet

2005   Ballet NY

2005   Gem City Ballet

2005   New England Dance Theatre

2005   The Peoria Ballet

2005   Washington Ballet Studio Company

2006   Boca Ballet Theatre

2006   Ohio Ballet

2007   Kansas City Ballet

2007   Nashville Ballet

2008   Grand Rapids Ballet Company

2008   Festival Ballet Theatre of Orange County

2008   Carolina Ballet

2008   Lake Cities Ballet

2008   Marin Ballet

2009   City Ballet of San Diego

2009   Orlando Ballet

2010   Miami City Ballet

2010   Bucharest National Opera

2010   Richmond Ballet

2010   St Louis Ballet

2010   City Ballet of San Diego

2011   New Mexico Ballet Company

2011   Oklahoma City Ballet

2012   Carolina Ballet

2012   Richmond Ballet

2012   Suzanne Farrell Ballet

2014   Ballet Chicago

2014   Boca Ballet Theatre

2014   St. Louis Ballet

2015   American Ballet Theatre

2015   American Contemporary Ballet

2015   Ballet Nebraska/Ballet Vero Beach

2015   Richmond Ballet

2016   Ballet Idaho

2016   Carolina Ballet

2017   The Sarasota Ballet

2018   Avant Chamber Ballet

2018   Dance Theatre of Harlem

2018   Madison Ballet

2018   Norwegian National Ballet-Den Norske Opera/Ballet

2020   Conservatoire National Superior de Musique et de Danse de Paris

2020   Het Nationale Ballet II - Junior Company

 
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