Thou Swell (ballet)

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

Thou Swell is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's ballet master in chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky:

"Where or When" (1937)
"Manhattan" (1925)
"Mountain Greenery" (1926)
"My Heart Stood Still" (1927)
"This Can't Be Love" (1938)
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (1940)
"The Lady Is a Tramp" (1937)
"Blue Moon" (1934)

"Getting to Know You" (1951)
"Lover" (1932)
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (1935)
"With a Song in My Heart" (1929)
"Isn't It Romantic?" (1932),
"You Took Advantage of Me" (1928)
"Thou Swell" (1927)
"Falling in Love with Love" (1938)

The music is performed by an on stage trio and two singers. During the course of the ballet one of the male dancers, Nilas Martins in the original cast, "sits in" at the piano. The premiere took place January 22, 2003, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.