Tango (Balanchine)

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See also: Tango (Martins) and List of New York City Ballet repertory

Tango is a ballet made by George Balanchine, New York City Ballet's founder and ballet master in chief, to Stravinsky's Tango for Piano Forte (1940) arranged 1953 by the composer. The premiere took place June 10, 1982, as part of City Ballet's Stravinsky centennial celebration at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

[edit] Original cast

Karin von Aroldingen

Christopher d'Amboise

[edit] External links

• NYCB website

• NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, June 11, 1982

• NY Times article by John J. O'Connor, February 13, 1984