Swan Lake (Balanchine)

This article is about Balanchine's 1951 one-act version. For Peter Martins' 1996 full evening ballet, see Swan Lake (Martins). For the original, see Swan Lake. For other uses, see Swan Lake (disambiguation).

Swan Lake is a one-act ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's eponymous music (1875–56). The premiere took place Thursday, 20 November 1951 at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Casts

original

• Maria Tallchief
• Patricia Wilde

• André Eglevsky
• Frank Hobi
• Edward Bigelow

NYCB revivals

2009 Winter

first cast

• Maria Kowroski
• Rebecca Krohn
• Savannah Lowery

• Philip Neal
• Henry Seth

second cast

• Sara Mearns
• Dena Abergel
• Ellen Bar

• Charles Askegard
• Henry Seth

2009 Spring

first cast

• Maria Kowroski
• Dena Abergel
• Ellen Bar

• Philip Neal
• Henry Seth

second cast

• Wendy Whelan
• Rebecca Krohn
• Savannah Lowery

• Sébastien Marcovici
• Henry Seth

2009 Saratoga Springs

first cast

• Wendy Whelan
• Dena Abergel
• Ellen Bar

• Philip Neal
• Henry Seth

second cast

• Maria Kowroski
• Dena Abergel
• Ellen Bar

• Charles Askegard
• Henry Seth

External links

• Balanchine Foundation website

• Balanchine Trust website

• NYCB website