# List of 1980s ballet premieres

This is a list of ballet premieres in the 1980s, by year.

## 1980

| title | choreographer | composer | company | venue | date |
| Suite of Dances | Jerome Robbins | Leonard Bernstein | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | January 17 |
| Gloria | Kenneth MacMillan | Francis Poulenc | Royal Ballet | Royal Opera House | March 13 |
| Walpurgisnacht | George Balanchine | Charles Gounod | | New York State Theater | May 15 |
| The Seagull | Maya Plisetskaya | Rodion Shchedrin | Bolshoi Ballet | Bolshoi Theatre | May 27 |
| Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze | George Balanchine | Robert Schumann | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 19 |
| Rhapsody | Frederick Ashton | Sergei Rachmaninoff | The Royal Ballet | Royal Opera House | August 4 |

## 1981

| title | choreographer | composer | company |
| Andantino | Jerome Robbins | Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky | New York City Ballet Tschaikovsky Festival |
| Mozartiana | George Balanchine | Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky | New York City Ballet Tschaikovsky Festival |
| Piano Pieces | Jerome Robbins | Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky | New York City Ballet Tschaikovsky Festival |
| Symphony No. 1 | Peter Martins | Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky | New York City Ballet Tschaikovsky Festival |
| Isadora | Kenneth MacMillan | Richard Rodney Bennett | The Royal Ballet |

## 1982

| title | choreographer | composer | company | venue | date |
| Great Galloping Gottschalk | Lynne Taylor-Corbett | Louis Moreau Gottschalk | American Ballet Theatre | Miami Beach Theatre | January 12 |
| Gershwin Piano Concerto | Jerome Robbins | George Gershwin | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | February 6 |
| Pas de légumes | Frederick Ashton | Gioachino Rossini | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | Sadler's Wells Theatre | May 20 |
| Piano-Rag-Music | Peter Martins | Igor Stravinsky | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 10 |
| Tango | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 10 |
| Noah and the Flood | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 11 |
| Élégie | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 13 |
| Variations for Orchestra | George Balanchine | Igor Stravinsky | New York State Theater | Bolshoi Theatre | July 2 |
| Nine Sinatra Songs | Twyla Tharp | Frank Sinatra | Twyla Tharp Dance | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
| Kënga e Rexhës | Franjo Horvat | Akil Mark Koci | | | |

## 1984

| title | choreographer | composer | company | venue or presentation | date |
| Antique Epigraphs | Jerome Robbins | Claude Debussy | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | February 2 |
| Brahms/Handel | Jerome Robbins | Johannes Brahms | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 7 |
| Creole Giselle | Frederic Franklin | Adolphe Adam | Dance Theatre of Harlem | London Coliseum | July 13 |
| Tango | Peter Martins | Igor Stravinsky | New York City Ballet | Tivoli Concert Hall | September 14 |

## 1985

| title | choreographer | composer | company | venue |
| In Memory of ... | Jerome Robbins | New York City Ballet | Alban Berg | New York State Theater |
| Valse Triste | Peter Martins | Jean Sibelius | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater |

## 1988

| title | choreographer | composer | company |
| Black and White | Peter Martins | Michael Torke | New York City Ballet |
| The Chairman Dances | Peter Martins | John Adams | New York City Ballet |
| Five | Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux | Charles Wuorinen | New York City Ballet American Music Festival |
| Ives, Songs | Jerome Robbins | Charles Ives | New York City Ballet |
| The Unanswered Question | Eliot Feld | Charles Ives | New York City Ballet American Music Festival |
| The Newcomers | Miriam Mahdaviani | David Diamond | New York City Ballet American Music Festival |
| Still Life at the Penguin Cafe | David Bintley | Simon Jeffes | Royal Ballet |
| Woodland Sketches | Robert La Fosse | Edward MacDowell | New York City Ballet American Music Festival |
| Impressing the Czar | William Forsythe | Thom Willems, Ludwig van Beethoven | Ballet Frankfurt |
| Barber Violin Concerto | Peter Martins | Samuel Barber | New York City Ballet |