Dances at a Gathering

Dances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to the music of Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurka, Op. 63, No. 3
Waltz, Op. 69, No. 2
Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 3
Mazurka, Op. 6, No. 4
Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 5
Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 4
Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 2
Mazurka, Op. 6, No. 2
Waltz, Op. 42
Waltz, Op. 34, No. 2
Mazurka, Op. 56, No. 2
Etude, Op. 25, No. 4
Waltz, Op. 34, No. 1
Waltz, Op. 70, No. 2
Etude, Op. 25, No. 5
Etude, Op. 10, No. 2
Scherzo, Op. 20
Nocturne, Op. 15, No. 1

The premiere took place on Thursday, 22 May 1969 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Joe Eula and lighting by Thomas Skelton. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music: The Concert, 1956; In the Night, 1970; and Other Dances, 1976, made for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.

Casts

original

NYCB revivals

2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration

2008 Spring Dancers' Choice

2008 Summer tour to Copenhagen and Paris

Copenhagen
Paris

2009 Winter week four

first cast

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second cast

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third cast

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2009 Spring Dancers' Choice benefit

2009 Fall tour to Japan

second cast

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2010 Winter

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Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 first time in rôle
  2. ↑ Joaquín De Luz replaced Benjamin Millepied.
  3. 1 2 All performers in Spring 2009 Dancers' Choice appeared for the first time in the rôles which they danced.

References

  • Playbill, New York City Ballet, Wednesday and Friday, June 4 and 6th, 2008
  • Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 6

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