The Concert (ballet)

This article is about Robbins' 1956 ballet. For other uses, see Concert (disambiguation).

The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody) is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's ballet master, to Chopin's:

Polonaise in A major "Military", Op. 40, No. 1

Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

Prelude in F minor, Op. 28, No. 18

Prelude in B flat minor, Op. 28, No. 16

Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.

Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7

Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4

Mazurka in G major, KK IIa/2

Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

The décor was by Saul Steinberg, the costumes by Irene Sharaff and the lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, on Tuesday, 6 March 1956. Robbins made three subsequent ballets to Chopin's music: Dances at a Gathering (1969), In the Night (1970), and Other Dances (1976), made for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.

Original cast

• Tanaquil LeClercq
• Todd Bolender
• Yvonne Mounsey
• Robert Barnett
• Wilma Curley
• John Mandia
• Shaun O'Brien
• Patricia Savoia
• Richard Thomas

Other companies (selected)

• The Australian Ballet, premiered May 10th, 1979. Revived 1987, 2008.
• Boston Ballet
• Houston Ballet
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Paris Opera Ballet
• Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, premiered April 13th 2007.
• The Royal Ballet, premiered March 4th, 1975. Revived 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2018.
• Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, premiered July 10th, 2010.
• Vienna State Ballet
• San Francisco Ballet

References

• Repertory Week, NYCB, Winter season, 2008 repertory, week 1

• Playbill, NYCB, Thursday, January 3, 2008
• Playbill, NYCB, Wednesday and Friday, June 4 and 6th, 2008

Reviews

• NY Times, John Martin, March 7, 1956
• NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 26, 1983

• NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, May 15, 2001
• NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, January 5, 2008