Constantia
Contributors: Moylan, Mary Ellen; Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986; Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994; Frohn, Otto; Dollar, William; Davison, Robert; Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849; Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.); Ballet Theatre Foundation; National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1953
Language: eng
Other titles: Ballet theatre; Constantia (Choreographic work : Dollar)
Description: National Theatre, 1321 E Street Realty Corporation, lessee, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, Ballet Theatre Foundation, Blevins Davis, president presents "Ballet Theatre," Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, directors, Alicia Alonso, Igor Youskevitch, John Kriza, Mary Ellen Moylan, Gemze de Lappe, Paula Lloyd, Ruth Ann Koesun, Eric Braun, Lillian Lanese, Michael Lland, Anna Cheselka, Jenny Workman, Kelly Brown, Dorothy Scott, Liane Plane, conductor Joseph Levine, regisseur Dimitri Romanoff, assistant conductor Otto Frohn, ballet master Edward Caton. "Constantia," ballet by William Dollar, music by Frederic Chopin (Piano concerto no. 2 in F minor), scenery and costumes by Robert Davison, piano solo: Edmund Horn, conductor: Otto Frohn.
Notes: National Theatre, Friday, January 2-Sunday, January 4, 1953. Friday evening, January 2, 1953.

Title devised by Library staff.

"First performance by Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, April 9, 1951".

Cast: Mary Ellen Moylan, John Kriza, Paula Lloyd, Anna Cheselka, Liane Plane, Lila Popper, Dorothy Scott, Misses Atkins, Balzer, Grant, Horn, Mayer, Mirrow, Vickers, Workman, Messrs. Beaber, Brown, Burdick, Douglas, Hanlin, Lusby, Martinez, Tanner.

With: Rodeo, or, The courting at Burnt Ranch / Agnes deMille -- Caprichos / Herbert Ross -- Theme and variations / George Balanchine -- Les sylphides / Michel Fokine -- Rodeo, or, The courting at Burnt Ranch / Agnes deMille -- Princess Aurora / music by Peter Tchaikowsky -- Til Eulenspiegel's merry pranks / ballet by Jean Babilee -- The harvest according / ballet by Agnes de Mille -- Pas de deux / music by Leon Minkus -- Theme and variations / ballet by George Balanchine -- Swan Lake / choreography by Anton Dolin after Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa, music by Peter Tchaikowsky -- Fall River legend / ballet by Agnes de Mille -- Pas de deux, the Black Swan / choreography after Marius Petipa, music by Peter Tchaikowsky -- Graduation ball / ballet in one act by David Lichine. Issued together.

LC copy shelved under: Ballet theatre.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: First movement: Maestoso; title: Second movement: Larghetto; title: Third movement: Allegro vivace.