Union Jack (ballet)

Union Jack (ballet)

"Union Jack" is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to traditional British tunes, hornpipe melodies and music-hall songs, ca. 1890-1914, adapted by Hershy Kay:

*"Keel Row"
*"Caledonian Hunt's Delight"
*"Dance wi' My Daddy"
*"Regimental Drum Variations"
*"Amazing Grace"
*"A Hundred Pipers"
*"The Sunshine of Your Smile"
*"The Night the Floor Fell In"
*"Our Lodger's Such a Nice Young Man"
*"Following in Father's Footsteps"
*"A Tavern in the Town"
*"Rule Brittania"
*and the Scottish theme from Händel's "Water Music".

The premiere took place on May 13, 1976, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center to honor British heritage in the United States its bicentennial with costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, original lighting by Ronald Bates and current lighting by Mark Stanley. It includes Scottish military tattoos and folk-dance forms; a music-hall pas de deux for the costermonger Pearly King and Queen; hornpipes, sea songs, work chants and jigs. At the finale the ensemble spells out "God Save the Queen" in semaphore code and the Union Jack unfurls. Principal dancer Jock Soto included an excerpt from "Union Jack" in his farewell performance in June 2005.

Casts

original

*Sara Leland
*Kay Mazzo
*Karin von Aroldingen
*Suzanne Farrell
*Patricia McBride
*Helgi Tomasson
*Jacques d'Amboise
*Peter Martins
*Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
*Victor Castelli
*Bart Cook

References

*"Playbill", New York City Ballet, Friday, June 27, 2008

External links

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

* [http://www.balanchine.com George Balanchine Trust website]

* [http://www.balanchine.org George Balanchine Foundation website]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E16FD3458167493C1A8178ED85F428785F9 NY Times article by Anna Kisselgoff, May 13, 1976]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F12F63B5916768FDDAD0994DD405B868BF1D3 NY Times review by Clive Barnes, May 14, 1976]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F1FFD3F5B177B8EDDAA0A94DD405B868BF1D3 Sunday NY Times article by Clive Barnes, May 23, 1976]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E13F83B5413718DDDA90994D9405B8084F1D3 NY Times review by Jennifer Dunning, January 10, 1980]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/arts/dance/21soto.html NY Times review by Jack Anderson, June 21, 2005]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/arts/dance/25kour.html NY Times article by Gia Kourlas, December 25, 2005]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/arts/dance/12tobi.html NY Times article by Tobi Tobias, February 12, 2006]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/arts/dance/30ball.html NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, June 30, 2008]


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