Antique Epigraphs

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See also: New York City Ballet repertory and NYCB 2008 Spring Repertory

Antique Epigraphs is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by ballet master Jerome Robbins to an orchestrated version of Debussy's Six épigraphes antiques, L131, for piano, four hands, from 1914:

  • "Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été"
  • "Pour un tombeau sans nom"
  • "Pour que la nuit soit propice"
  • "Pour la danseuse aux crotales"
  • "Pour l'égyptienne"
  • "Pour remercier la pluie au matin"

and his Syrinx, L129, a melody for unaccompanied flute from 1913. Six épigraphes antiques were originally written to accompany Pierre Louys' Chanson de Bilitis, prose poetry which was purported to be a translation of freshly discovered autobiographical verse by Sappho (it was not.) [1] [2] The premiere took place on February 2, 1984, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Florence Klotz and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.

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  • Kyra Nichols
  • Stephanie Saland
  • Helene Alexopoulos
  • Victoria Hall
  • Maria Calegari
  • Simone Schumacher
  • Jerri Kumery
  • Florence Fitzgerald

[edit] Jerome Robbins celebration Spring 2008

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Playbill, New York City Ballet, Thursday, May 15, 2008
  2. ^ Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 3

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