Orpheus (Balanchine ballet)

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Orpheus (Balanchine ballet) is a 1948 neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky’s score, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and created for the New York City Ballet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet ⓘ
neoclassical ballet ⓘ
associatedCompany New York City Ballet ⓘ
balletMaster George Balanchine ⓘ
basedOn Eurydice ⓘ
Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ
Orpheus ⓘ
character Bacchantes ⓘ
linked to: Nymphs

Dark Angel ⓘ
Eurydice ⓘ
Furies ⓘ
linked to: Erinyes

Orpheus ⓘ
choreographer George Balanchine ⓘ
collaborator George Balanchine ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
commissionedBy Ballet Society ⓘ
company New York City Ballet ⓘ
composer Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdFor New York City Ballet ⓘ
firstPerformedBy Ballet Society ⓘ
genre neoclassical ballet ⓘ
hasType mythological ballet ⓘ
plot ballet ⓘ
language none (wordless ballet) ⓘ
laterCompanyName New York City Ballet ⓘ
movementStyle neoclassical ⓘ
musicComposer Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
musicGenre ballet score ⓘ
musicTitle Orpheus ⓘ
notableFor early major collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky for New York City Ballet ⓘ
helping establish the identity of New York City Ballet ⓘ
originalCompanyNameAtPremiere Ballet Society ⓘ
partOf repertory of New York City Ballet ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereDate 1948-04-28 ⓘ
premierePlace City Center of Music and Drama, New York ⓘ
premiereYear 1948 ⓘ
setting ancient Greece ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
structure three scenes ⓘ
style abstract narrative ⓘ
subject Orpheus in the underworld ⓘ
death ⓘ
journey to the underworld ⓘ
love and loss ⓘ
mythology ⓘ

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Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief → notableWork → Orpheus (Balanchine ballet) ⓘ