Scènes de Ballet

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Scènes de Ballet is an abstract work with no specified plot or stage design: the sequence of ensemble dances, pas de deux, and solos performed by two principal dancers adheres to the classical ballet divertissement form. Igor Stravinsky originally composed this ballet music for the Cole Porter Broadway show The Seven Lively Arts, knowing that only a few excerpts would actually be performed. Scènes de Ballet was composed in a Romantic style, in contrast to his ‘Russian’ ballets. Stravinsky’s music displays many unexpected solos (trumpet, horn, clarinet), alongside intermittent flashy big band sections. Among the major figures that have choreographed this ballet are Frederick Ashton, John Taras and Christopher Wheeldon.

Orchestral Cast

2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 · 1 - 2 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. - Klav. - Str.

Content

I Introduction
II Danses · Variation (Ballerina)
III Pantomime
IV Pas de Deux
V Pantomime
VI Variation (Dancer)
VII Variation (Ballerina)
VIII Pantomime
IX Danses
X Apothéose

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Title:

Scènes de Ballet

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1944

Duration:

18 ′

World Premiere:

December 7, 1944 · New York, NY (USA)
Ziegfeld Theater
Billy Rose's Revue: The Seven Lively Arts
Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
Costumes: Mary Grant · Set desing: Norman Bel Geddes · Choreography: Anton Dolin
(scenic) (first scenic performance [cut])

October 2, 1945 · New York, NY (USA)
Carnegie Hall
Conductor: Igor Strawinsky · New York Philharmonic

(concert) (first concert performance)

Commissioned work :

commissioned by Billy Rose for his Musical Revue "The Seven Lively Arts"