Overview

The rich history of American ballet is celebrated in classic works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, two choreographic giants of the 20th century. Apollo brought Balanchine together for the first time with composer Igor Stravinsky. Their creation for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1928 remains a masterpiece of neoclassicism in its striking depiction of the young god of music and his three muses. Balanchine’s effervescent Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux breathes life into a long-lost movement from Tchaikovsky’s original score for Swan Lake. Created in 1960 for virtuoso New York City Ballet dancers Violette Verdy and Conrad Ludlow, its thrilling technical challenges are still relished by performers today.

Top Cast

Matthew Ball

Apollo (Apollo)

Melissa Hamilton

Terpsichore (Apollo)

Claire Calvert

Calliope (Apollo)

Fumi Kaneko

Polyhymnia (Apollo) / Green (Dances at a Gathering)

Marianela Núñez

Tchaikovsky's Pas De Deux

Vadim Muntagirov

Tchaikovsky's Pas De Deux

Yasmine Naghdi

Pink (Dances at a Gathering)

Mayara Magri

Purple (Dances at a Gathering)

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Yellow (Dances at a Gathering)

Romany Pajdak

Blue (Dances at a Gathering)

Marcelino Sambé

Brown (Dances at a Gathering)

Reece Clarke

Purple (Dances at a Gathering)