Le tombeau de Couperin (ballet)

This article is about Balanchine's 1975 ballet. For Maurice Ravel's 1919 piano composition, see Le tombeau de Couperin.

Le tombeau de Couperin is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title, orchestrated by the composer. The premiere took place as part of City Ballet's Ravel Festival on 29 May 1975 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

Original Cast

• Judith Fugate
• Wilhelmina Frankfurt
• Muriel Aasen
• Susan Hendl
• Marjorie Spohn
• Delia Peters
• Susan Pilarre
• Carol Sumner

• Jean-Pierre Frohlich
• Victor Castelli
• Francis Sackett
• David Richardson
• Hermes Condé
• Richard Hoskinson
• Richard Dryden
• Laurence Matthews

References

• Repertory Week, NYCB, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 8

• Playbill, New York City Ballet, Friday, June 20, 2008

Reviews

• Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, February 5, 2008

External links

• Balanchine Foundation website

• Balanchine Trust website

• NYCB website