Tarantella (ballet)

Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 (ca. 1858–64), reconstructed and orchestrated for piano and orchestra by Hershy Kay in July 1954.^[1] The premiere took place January 7, 1964, at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Casts

Original

Media

Filmography

1968 Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts);
1973, RM Productions

Videography - DVD

1980, Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts)

Television

1966 PBS, Dance
1968 NBC, Bell Telephone Hour, Man Who Dances: Edward Villella
1971 CBC, Montreal
1973 RM Productions
1975 PBS, Great Performances
1975 BBC 2, London
1979 WETA, Washington, D.C., Baryshnikov at the White House

See also

References

↑ Adrienne Scholtz, Patricia Prunty. "The Hershy Kay Papers". Yale University Library. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

External links

Reviews

Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, February 5, 2008
The New York Times by Alastair Macaulay, October 9, 2010

Ballets by George Balanchine

List of ballets by George Balanchine

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