Bugaku (ballet)

This article is about Balanchine's 1963 ballet. For the Japanese musical form, see Bugaku.

Bugaku is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Toshiro Mayuzumi commissioned by City Ballet in 1962. The premiere took place on March 30, 1963, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery by David Hays, costumes by Karinska and lighting by Ronald Bates. NYCB had toured Japan in 1958 and the Gagaku Company of the Imperial Household toured the US the following year; bugaku is the dance component of gagaku.

Cast

original NYCB

Spring 1984 NYCB

  • Bart Cook

March 1987 Dance Theatre of Harlem

  • Christina Johnson
  • Donald Williams

Spring 2007 NYCB

November 2007 Suzanne Farrell Ballet

  • Michael Cook

Winter 2008 NYCB

Spring 2008 NYCB

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