Beethoven Romance
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Beethoven Romance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster in chief Peter Martins
to the composer's
Romance in F for violin and orchestra, op. 50 (1805). The premiere took place February 2, 1989, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
, with costumes by Heather Watts
and lighting by Mark Stanley.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
balletmaster in chief Peter Martins
Peter Martins
Peter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was named man of the year by Danish American Society, 1980...
to the composer's
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
Romance in F for violin and orchestra, op. 50 (1805). The premiere took place February 2, 1989, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
, with costumes by Heather Watts
Heather Watts
Heather Watts was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. A native of California, Ms. Watts was born as Linda Heather Watts in Long Beach on September 27, 1953. She started taking up ballet at the age of 10, came to New York at the age of 13 on a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the...
and lighting by Mark Stanley.
original
- Kyra Nichols
- Adam Lüders
revival
- Kyra Nichols
- Nilas Martins
Spring 2008 Dancers' Choice benefit for the Dancers' Emergency Fund
- Sara Mearns
- Stephen Hanna
External links
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEED6163DF933A15755C0A96F948260NY Times review by Jack AndersonJack Anderson (dance critic)Jack Anderson is an American dance critic and author. Since 1978, he has been a contributor of dance reviews and other articles in The New York Times...
, June 20, 1989]
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/arts/dance/30ball.htmlNY Times review by Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
, June 30, 2008]