Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Serenade in C Major for String
Orchestra, Op. 48) Choreography: George Balanchine
(1935) Staging: Francia Russell and Karin
von Aroldingen Costume design: Karinska Original
lighting design: Ronald Bates Lighting: Vladimir
Lukasevich
World premiere: 6 June 1934, School of
American Ballet, White Plains, New York Premiere at the Mariinsky
Theatre: 30 April 1998, St Petersburg
Running time: 30 minutes
Tchaikovsky Pas de
deux
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Choreography:
George Balanchine (1960) Staging: Francia
Russell Costume design: Karinska
World premiere: 29 March 1960, New York City
Ballet, New York City Center of Music and Drama, New York Premiere at
the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 April 1998, St Petersburg
Running time: 10 minutes
Tarantella
Music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Grand Tarantelle for Piano
and Orchestra, Op. 67, orchestrated by Hershy
Kay) Choreography by George Balanchine (1964)
Theme and
Variations a classical ballet
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky (final movement of
Suite No.3 for orchestra in G major, 1884) Choreography:
George Balanchine (1947) Staging: Francia
Russel Costumes: Galina Solovieva (1989)
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich Coach:
Elyse Borne
Premiere: November 26, 1947, Ballet Theatre,
City Center of Music and Drama, New York Premiere at the Mariinsky
Theatre: April, 16, 1989