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Danses Concertantes (Ballet)

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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1959

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Choreographer
Designer
Costumes executed by

Cast

Dancer(s)
(see notes)

Show Dates

Acknowledgements

The sets and costumes for "Danses Concertantes" were given to the San Francisco Ballet by the San Francisco Ballet Guild

Notes

Part I of a double bill, with "Ariadne auf Naxos"

Music by Igor Stravinsky

Program note:
A classic ballet in two scenes set in a "theater within a theater" whereby the dancers become both performers and audience.


Scene 1 -- Complete Corps de Ballet

Scene 2 --

Theme -- NANCY JOHNSON, RODERICK DREW

1st Variation -- FIONA FUERSTNER, JULIEN HERRIN
Eugenia Van Horn
Barbara Adams Johnston
Barbara Culbertson
Diana Nielsen

2nd Variation -- SALLY BAILEY, KENT STOWELL

3rd Variation -- JOCELYN VOLLMAR, RICHARD CARTER

4th Variation -- VIRGINIA JOHNSON, MICHAEL SMUIN
Sue Loyd
Paula Tracy
Maurine Simoneau
Patricia Prager

Pas de Dix -- All Soloists

Finale -- Complete Corps