Tributary (ballet)
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Tributary is a ballet made by Robert La Fosse and Robert Garland
to Mozart
's Divertimento No. 11 in D
, K. 251 (1776). The premiere took place on Thursday, May 25th, 2000, as part of New York City Ballet
's Diamond Project
at the New York State Theater
, Lincoln Center
.
Robert Garland
Robert Garland was a principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, which he joined in 1985, and their first official resident choreographer, making dances for their School Ensemble, for the "A Demand Performance" benefit, for the DTH "Dancing Through Barriers" Ensemble, and for New York City...
to Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
's Divertimento No. 11 in D
Divertimento No. 11 (Mozart)
Divertimento No. 11 or Divertimento in D, K. 251, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was written in July 1776 in Salzburg, possibly for the name day of Mozart's sister, Nannerl on July 26th or her birthday on July 30th...
, K. 251 (1776). The premiere took place on Thursday, May 25th, 2000, as part of New York City Ballet
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...
's Diamond Project
Diamond Project
The Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers.- 1992 : *David Allan*John Alleyne*Bart Cook*William Forsythe...
at the New York State Theater
New York State Theater
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and opera, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts located at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in New York City, United States. Originally named the New York State Theater, the house has been home to both the New York...
, 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:...
.
Original cast
- Kyra Nichols
- Donald Williams
reviews
- The New York 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 1, 2000 - The New York Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, May 27, 2000
- The New York Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, May 18, 2001
- The New York Times review by Jennifer DunningJennifer DunningJennifer Dunning is a writer and critic for the New York Times on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet, the 1996 Alvin Ailey, a Life in Dance and the 1997 Great Performances: A...
, January 18, 2002