Dances at a Gathering

Dances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the music of 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, May 22, 1969, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Joe Eula and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music: The Concert, 1956; In the Night, 1970; and Other Dances, 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.

Casts

original

Allegra Kent Sara Leland Kay Mazzo Patricia McBride Violette Verdy

Anthony Blum John Clifford Robert Maiorano John Prinz Edward Villella

NYCB revivals

2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration

first cast

Yvonne Borree Rachel Rutherford Ashley Bouder Sara Mearns Abi Stafford

Benjamin Millepied Jared Angle Amar Ramasar Antonio Carmena Jonathan Stafford

second cast

Yvonne Borree Rachel Rutherford Ashley Bouder Sara Mearns Abi Stafford

Damian Woetzel Jared Angle Amar Ramasar Antonio Carmena Jonathan Stafford

third cast

Yvonne Borree Rachel Rutherford Ashley Bouder Sara Mearns Abi Stafford

Joaquín De Luz[1][2] Jared Angle Amar Ramasar Antonio Carmena Jonathan Stafford

2008 Spring Dancers' Choice

Megan Fairchild Amanda Hankes[1] Rachel Rutherford[1]

Jared Angle Tyler Angle[1] Austin Laurent[1] Amar Ramasar

2008 Summer tour to Copenhagen and Paris

Copenhagen

Yvonne Borree Rachel Rutherford Megan Fairchild Sara Mearns Abi Stafford

Joaquín De Luz Jared Angle Amar Ramasar Adam Hendrickson Jonathan Stafford

Paris

first cast

Yvonne Borree Rebecca Krohn[1] Ashley Bouder Maria Kowroski Abi Stafford

Benjamin Millepied Jared Angle Sébastien Marcovici Antonio Carmena Jonathan Stafford

second cast

Yvonne Borree Rebecca Krohn Ashley Bouder Maria Kowroski Abi Stafford

Joaquín De Luz Jared Angle Sébastien Marcovici Antonio Carmena Jonathan Stafford

third cast

Yvonne Borree Jenifer Ringer Megan Fairchild Sara Mearns Abi Stafford

Benjamin Millepied Jared Angle Amar Ramasar Adam Hendrickson Jonathan Stafford

2009 Winter week four

first cast

t.b.a.

second cast

t.b.a.

third cast

t.b.a.

2009 Spring Dancers' Choice benefit

Stephanie Zungre[3]

David Prottas[3]

2009 Fall tour to Japan

first cast

Yvonne Borree Jenifer Ringer Megan Fairchild Sara Mearns Kathryn Morgan

Joaquín De Luz Jared Angle Sébastien Marcovici Antonio Carmena Jonathan Stafford

second cast

t.b.a.

2010 Winter

t.b.a.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} first time in rôle
2. ^ Joaquín De Luz replaced Benjamin Millepied.
3. ^ ^{a b} 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 4th and 6th, 2008

Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 6

Articles

• Sunday New York Times by Clive Barnes, May 18th, 1969

Reviews

NY Times by Clive Barnes, May 23rd, 1969 NY Times, June 4th, 1977 NY Times by Jack Anderson, May 8th, 1981

NY Times by Jennifer Dunning, January 13th, 1991 NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, June 6th, 2008 NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, June 30th, 2008

External links

Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust website

NYCB website