Mother Goose (ballet)

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

Mother Goose is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival by ballet master Jerome Robbins to Ravel's music and scenario, the Ma Mère l'Oye Suite from 1908, orchestrated by the composer in 1912. The premiere took place on May 22, 1975, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Stanley Simmons and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. At its premiere it bore the French title, which was retained when it was first revived in January 1978 but Anglicized by May of that year. [1] [2] [3] Ma Mère l'Oye was written as a suite of five pieces for four-hand piano and later orchestrated and adapted into a ballet with the addition of a prelude, an opening scene and four interludes connecting the five original pieces.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] original

  • Muriel Aasen
  • Delia Peters
  • Tracy Bennett
  • Deborah Koolish
  • Colleen Neary
  • Richard Hoskinson
  • Matthew Giordano
  • Jay Jolley
  • Daniel Duell

[edit] References

  • Playbill, New York City Ballet, Thursday, May 15, 2008
  • Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 3

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, January 30, 1976
  2. ^ NY Times review by Jack Anderson, January 10, 1978
  3. ^ NY Times review by Jack Anderson, May 30, 1978

[edit] External links