Theme and Variations (ballet)

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See also: List of New York City Ballet repertory

Theme and Variations is a ballet by George Balanchine to the final movement of Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 (1884) by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky. The premiere took place November 26, 1947, with Ballet Theatre, at City Center of Music and Drama. The New York City Ballet premiere occurred February 5, 1960, again at City Center.

[edit] Original cast

Alicia Alonso Igor Youskevitch Anna Cheselka Melissa Hayden Paula Lloyd

Cynthia Riseley Fernando Alonso Eric Braun Fernand Nault Zachary Solov

[edit] External links

• NYCB website