Appalachian Spring Ballet by Aaron Copland (1944) Choreographed by Martha Grahm Name from Hart Crane's poem 'The Bridge' About a group of pioneers in PA First performed in the Library of Congress
Billy the Kid Ballet by Aaron Copland (1938) Choreographed by Eugene Loring Main character's mother is accidentally killed, he kills killer, is eventually killed at the end
The Creation of the World Ballet by Darius Milhaud (1923) Choreographed by Jean Börlin Shows creation according to African tradition Inspired by jazz and tradition African rythms No violas, has an alto sax
The Creatures of Prometheus Ballet by Beethoven (1801) Choreographed by Salvatore Viganò, who asked Beethoven to write it for Austrian empress Maria Theresa 2 statues come to life and Prometheus shows them the 'passions of human life'
Daphnis and Chloe Ballet by Maurice Ravel (1912) Choreographed by Michel Fokine Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev Based on only surviving work by Longus Starts with title characters giving offerings to statues of the Nymphs
Fancy Free Ballet by Leonard Bernstein (1944) Choreographed by Jerome Robbins Inspired by Paul Cadmus's painting The Fleet's In! 3 sailors in NY who meet 2 women and dance to see who will date them, no one wins and the girls leave Super succesful, turned into a movie and musical called 'On the Town'
The Firebird Ballet by Igor Stravinsky (1910) Choreographed by Michel Fokine Prince Ivan captures the title animal, and she offers a feather to Ivan if he releases her. Later, he finds 13 princesses who are imprisoned by Kashchei the Immortal
Giselle Ballet by Adolphe Adam (1841) Choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perot Written for Perot's lover Carlotta Grisi The title character, a peasant girl, falls in love with Loys, who is secretly Duke Albrecht of Silesia. She does the He loves me (not) game with a flower. She goes insane by the end and dies of a broken heart
The Miraculous Mandarin Ballet by Belá Bartók (1926) Based on a story by Melchior Lengyel Robbers have a girl dance in their apartment windows to lure people, lure the title character and kill him, he starts to glow
Gayane Ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1942) Choreographed by Nina Aleksandrovna Anisimova Title character lives on a co-op farm w/ her husband and father, husband is abusive, she gets him arrested as an anti-Soviet spy and marries a soldier. Adagio movement was used in 2001: a space odessey
La Péri Ballet by Paul Dukas (1912) Choreographed by Ivan Clustine Alexander the Great (Iksender) is searching Iran for the Flower of Immortality. He finds it in the hands of the sleeping title character, who awakens, and seduces Iksender, who surrenders the flower.
Petrushka Ballet by Igor Stravinsky (1911) Choreographed by Michel Fokine 3 puppets, title, the ballerina, and the moor are brought to life by a magician. Title character loves the ballerina, who loves the moor, who kills the title character. The title character then haunts the magician.
Pulchina Ballet by Igor Stravinsky (1920) Choreographed by Léonide Massine Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev Title character, who has a lover, Pimpinella, kisses a girl, Rosetta, which angers Pimpinella and the suitors of Rosetta and Prudenza, who beat him up/'kill' him. Its actually his friend, Furbo, and he isn't dead. Then Pimpinella forgives him (?) and they get married
The Rite of Spring Ballet by Igor Stravinsky (1913) Choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky In 2 parts, 'The Adoration of the Earth' and 'The Sacrifice.' Ends with a girl being forced to dance to her death A riot broke out at the Paris premier
Rodeo Ballet by Aaron Copland (1942) Choreographed by Agnes DeMille Tomboy Cowgirl in the West falls in love with the Head Rangler, who likes the Rancher's Daughter. The Cowgirl eventually kisses the Champion Roper Hoe-down section was used in the Beef:it's whats for dinner commercials
Romeo and Juliet Ballet by Sergei Prokofiev (1938) Choreographed by Ivo Váña-Psota Originally wanted them to survive, conductor Yuri Fayer talked him out of it In 1940 choreographer Mark Morris revised it and used the original happy ending
Sleeping Beauty Ballet by Tchaikovsky (1890) Choreographed by Marius Petipa Based on the fairy tale, but people like Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella are in it too Carabosse does the curse, not Maleficent Prince Desire goes to the castle
Swan Lake Ballet by Tchaikovsky (1867) Choreographed by Julius Reisinger Prince Siegfried turned 21, and his mom wants him to get a wife. He goes hunting and almost shoots a swan, but it turns into a woman (Odette) who was cursed by von Rothbart. Someone who has never loved must declare love for her.
The Three-cornered Hat Ballet by Manuel de Falla (1919) Based on a novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Costumes designed by Picasso A magistrate tries to seduce a Miller's wife, the Miller beats him, the magistrate gets the Miller arrested.
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