The Concert (ballet)

This article is about Robbins' 1956 ballet. For other uses, see Concert (disambiguation).

The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody) is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's ballet master, to Chopin's:

Polonaise in A major "Military", Op. 40, No. 1

Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

Prelude in F minor, Op. 28, No. 18

Prelude in B flat minor, Op. 28, No. 16

Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.

Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7

Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4

Mazurka in G major, Op. posth. 67, No. 1

Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

The décor was by Saul Steinberg, the costumes by Irene Sharaff and the lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, on Tuesday, 6 March 1956. Robbins made three subsequent ballets to Chopin's music: Dances at a Gathering (1969), In the Night (1970), and Other Dances (1976), made for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.

Casts

original

• Tanaquil LeClercq
• Todd Bolender
• Yvonne Mounsey
• Robert Barnett
• Wilma Curley

• John Mandia
• Shaun O'Brien
• Patricia Savoia
• Richard Thomas

NYCB revivals

1983 Winter

• Stacy Caddell
• Laurence Matthews
• Alexia Hess

• Delia Peters
• Bart Cook

2008 Winter

• Maria Kowroski
• Rachel Piskin
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Adam Hendrickson
• Austin Laurent
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

2008 Winter tour to the Kennedy Center and London Coliseum

• Sterling Hyltin
• Rachel Piskin
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Andrew Veyette
• Austin Laurent
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration

first cast

• Sterling Hyltin
• Rachel Piskin
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Andrew Veyette
• Austin Laurent
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

second cast

• Sterling Hyltin
• Rachel Piskin
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Andrew Veyette
• Tom Gold
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

2008 Saratoga Springs

• Sterling Hyltin
• Rachel Piskin
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Andrew Veyette
• Austin Laurent
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

2009 Spring

• Sterling Hyltin
• Stephanie Zungre
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Andrew Veyette
• Austin Laurent
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

2009 Saratoga Springs

• Sterling Hyltin
• Stephanie Zungre
• Ashley Laracey
• Georgina Pazcoguin
• Gwyneth Muller

• Arch Higgins
• Andrew Veyette
• Austin Laurent
• Allen Peiffer
• Justin Peck

References

• Repertory Week, NYCB, Winter season, 2008 repertory, week 1

• Playbill, NYCB, Thursday, January 3, 2008
• Playbill, NYCB, Wednesday and Friday, June 4 and 6th, 2008

Reviews

• NY Times, John Martin, March 7, 1956
• NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 26, 1983

• NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, May 15, 2001
• NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, January 5, 2008

External links

• NYCB website

• Robbins Foundation and Trust website