Theme and variations
Contributors: Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994; Thompson, Woodman; Levine, Joseph, 1912-1994; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; 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; Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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. "Theme and Variations," ballet by George Balanchine, music by Peter Tchaikowsky (Theme and variations from "Suite no. 3 for Orchestra"), scenery and costumes by Woodman Thompson, conductor: Joseph Levine.
Notes: National Theatre, Friday, January 2-Sunday, January 4, 1953. Friday evening, January 2, 1953, Saturday evening, January 3, 1953.

Title devised by Library staff.

"First performance by Ballet Theatre, New York City Center, New York, November 26, 1947".

Cast: (Friday evening) Alicia Alonso, Igor Youskevitch, Anna Cheselka, Lillian Lanese, Liane Plane, Dorothy Scott, Kelly Brown, Jack Beaber, Scott Douglas, Michael Lland, Barbara Atkins, Rochelle Balzer, Irma Grant, Catherine Horn, Babara Lloyd, Christine Mayer, Isabel Mirrow, Margaret Watson, Ivan Allen, William Burdick, Leo Duggan, Robert Hanlin, Vernon Lusby, Enrique Martinez, Eugene Tanner, Vernon Wendorf.

Cast: (Saturday evening) Mary Ellen Moyan, Igor Youskevitch, Anna Cheselka, Lillian Lanese, Liane Plane, Dorothy Scott, Kelly Brown, Jack Beaber, Scott Douglas, Michael Lland, Barbara Atkins, Rochelle Balzer, Irma Grant, Catherine Horn, Babara Lloyd, Christine Mayer, Isabel Mirrow, Margaret Watson, Ivan Allen, William Burdick, Leo Duggan, Robert Hanlin, Vernon Lusby, Enrique Martinez, Eugene Tanner, Vernon Wendorf.

With: Constantia / ballet by William Dollar.

LC copy shelved under: Ballet theatre.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).