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| Choreographer: Jerome Robbins Composer: Prokofiev Music: VC #1 in DM Staged by: Costumes: Ben Benson (original) Lighting: Ronald Bates (original) Number of Dancers: Time: |
| Opus 19/The Dreamer is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, in D major (written in 1917, premiered 1923) with costumes by Ben Benson and lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place on June 14, 1979, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Peter Boal danced it with Wendy Whelan as part of his June 2005 farewell performance at City Ballet./ Wikipedia The first section is beautifully architectural with the soloist surrounded by four men or four women at the corners. The geometry structures the classical vocabulary with its hints of jazz -- foot flexes and contractions. The end of this section, when the Dreamer moves upstage and reaches out longingly, presages the emotionality of the second movement, an extended romantic duet for the man and his elusive beloved with kinetic annotations by the corps. Whelan and Garcia combine crisp lines and playfulness, buoyed by Prokofiev's violin concerto No. 1 in D major, featuring soloist Erin Keefe./ Review |
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