Brahms/Handel

Brahms/Handel is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins in collaboration with Twyla Tharp to Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (1861), orchestrated by Edmund Rubbra. The premiere took place Thursday, June 7, 1984 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Oscar de la Renta and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.

Casts

Original

Merrill Ashley
Maria Calegari

NYCB revivals

2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration

first cast ^[1]

Ashley Bouder ^[2]
Wendy Whelan ^[2]

Philip Neal ^[2]
Andrew Veyette ^[2]

second cast ^[3]

Abi Stafford ^[2]
Sara Mearns ^[2]

Gonzalo Garcia ^[2]
Jared Angle ^[2]

Footnotes

↑ see New York City Ballet 2008 Spring repertory week eight
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 first time in rôle
↑ see New York City Ballet 2008 Spring repertory week nine

References

Playbill, NYCB, Sunday, June 22, 2008

Articles

NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 13, 1983

Sunday NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, April 22, 1984

Reviews

NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, June 9, 1984

NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, June 24, 2008

External links

NYCB website

Robbins Foundation and Trust website

Jerome Robbins
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