Program 3

Balanchine Masterworks

Serenade
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: George Balanchine

Leading off this all-George Balanchine program that celebrates the choreographer’s contributions to ballet in the twentieth century, Serenade, the first original ballet Balanchine created in America, is a large-scale work for 28 dancers.

Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Choreographer: George Balanchine

Stravinsky Violin Concerto, one of Balanchine’s most renowned Igor Stravinsky ballets, is a striking blend of brilliant construction and expression of human relationships.

Theme and Variations
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: George Balanchine

Theme and Variations evokes the great period in classical dancing when Russian ballet flourished against the backdrop of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s music.