"In the Night" is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to solo piano music of Chopin:

*"Nocturne", op. 27, no. 1 (1835}
*"Nocturnes", op. 55, nos. 1 and 2 (1843)
*"Nocturne", op. 9, no. 2, (1830–31)

The premiere took place on January 29, 1970, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Anthony Dowell and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music: "The Concert", 1956; "Dances at a Gathering", 1969; and "Other Dances", 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.

Casts

original

*Kay Mazzo
*Violette Verdy
*Patricia McBride
*Anthony Blum
*Peter Martins
*Francisco Moncion

Winter 1981

*Stephanie Saland
*Kyra Nichols
*Heather Watts
*Cornel Crabtree
*Adam Luders
*Peter Frame

Spring 1994

*Darci Kistler
*Kyra Nichols
*Yvonne Borree
*Jock Soto
*Adam Luders
*Robert La Fosse

Spring 2000

*Rachel Rutherford
*Maria Kowroski
*Jenifer Ringer
*Arch Higgins
*Philip Neal
*James Fayette

Winter 2006

*Rachel Rutherford
*Kyra Nichols
*Wendy Whelan
*Tyler Angle
*Philip Neal
*Sébastien Marcovici

Spring 2008 Jerome Robbins celebration

*Rachel Rutherford
*Sara Mearns
*Wendy Whelan
*Tyler Angle
*Charles Askegard
*Jared Angle

References

*"Playbill", New York City Ballet, Thursday , June 5, 2008

*"Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Winter Season, 2008 repertory, week 6

External links

* [http://jeromerobbins.org/ The Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust website]

* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C13F73D5D15778DDDA90B94D9405B808BF1D3 NY Times review by Clive Barnes, January 30, 1970]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F1FF9395A1A7493CAA8178AD85F428785F9 Sunday NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, January 18, 1976]

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E6DA173BF93BA35752C0A967948260 NY Times review by Jennifer Dunning, January 8, 1981]

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE3DB103AF937A25752C0A960948260 NY Times review by Jack Anderson, January 14, 1986]

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E6DE153AF93BA35755C0A962958260 NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, June 8, 1994]

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0DA1239F931A35756C0A9669C8B63 NY Times review by Jennifer Dunning, May 2, 2000]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/arts/dance/11robb.html NY Times review by Claudia La Rocco, February 11, 2006]