Interplay

Interplay is a one-act ballet created by American choreographer Jerome Robbins to Morton Gould's 1945 orchestral work American Concertette. It was originally made for Billy Rose's Concert Varieties, a theatrical revue presented at New York City's Ziegfeld Theatre. The ballet premiered there on 1 June 1945, placing it within the mid-century American concert and revue tradition rather than within the commercial apparel or sportswear sector indicated by the supplied industry label. Its original cast included Alicia Alonso, Janet Reed, John Kriza, Harold Lang, and Tommy Rall. The work was subsequently taken into the repertory of American Ballet Theatre, where it was presented in October 1945 with costumes designed by Irene Sharaff. Interplay was later revived for the New York City Ballet at the City Center of Music and Drama in December 1952. The ballet is associated with Robbins's early choreographic career and with the development of an American theatrical ballet style that combined classical technique with the energy and presentation conventions of popular stage entertainment. Available reference material identifies the work, its principal creators, premiere circumstances, original cast, early American Ballet Theatre presentation, and later City Ballet revival, but does not establish a separate consumer brand, corporate owner, headquarters, commercial product portfolio, current operating markets, or active business status. Accordingly, the supplied Japan and apparel-sportswear classification has been corrected to reflect the authoritative Wikipedia subject, and the entry should be treated as an arts-work record requiring review if a different commercial entity named INTERPLAY was intended.

Interplay was choreographed by Jerome Robbins for Billy Rose's Concert Varieties and set to Morton Gould's American Concertette, composed in 1945. The work was created during an important period in the formation of an American theatrical ballet idiom, when choreographers and dancers were moving between concert dance, Broadway-style production, revue entertainment, and major ballet companies. Its first performance took place on Friday, 1 June 1945, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. The original cast comprised Alicia Alonso, Janet Reed, John Kriza, Harold Lang, and Tommy Rall. This initial presentation connected the ballet to a large-scale commercial stage environment while retaining the structure of a concert dance work. Later in 1945, Interplay was incorporated into the repertory of American Ballet Theatre. The company presented it on 17 October, with costumes designed by Irene Sharaff. This repertory transition broadened the work's institutional life beyond its original revue setting and placed it within the programming of one of the leading American ballet companies. The ballet was subsequently revived for the City Ballet on 23 December 1952 at the City Center of Music and Drama. These revivals indicate that the work continued to be regarded as part of the American ballet repertory after its original production. The available reference material does not document later productions, a corporate entity, a consumer product line, commercial ownership, or operations in Japan. Although the supplied record labels INTERPLAY as an apparel and sportswear brand, the canonical Wikipedia title identifies a ballet instead. The appropriate interpretation for this entry is therefore the dance work created by Robbins, not a Japanese fashion or sportswear business. Additional research would be required to document subsequent performances, recordings, licensing, or any relationship to other entities using the name Interplay.

• 1952

  City Ballet revival

  [1]Interplay (ballet)en.wikipedia.org

  Interplay was revived for the City Ballet on 23 December at the City Center of Music and Drama.

• 1945

  Creation and premiere

  [1]Interplay (ballet)en.wikipedia.org

  Jerome Robbins created Interplay to Morton Gould's American Concertette, and the one-act ballet premiered on 1 June at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York as part of Billy Rose's Concert Varieties.

• 1945

  American Ballet Theatre repertory presentation

  [1]Interplay (ballet)en.wikipedia.org

  American Ballet Theatre presented Interplay on 17 October, with costumes by Irene Sharaff.

A mid-century American one-act ballet created for theatrical presentation and later incorporated into major ballet-company repertories.

• Ballet · 1945

  Interplay

  A one-act ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to Morton Gould's American Concertette. It was created for Billy Rose's Concert Varieties, premiered in New York in 1945, and later entered the repertory of American Ballet Theatre before receiving a City Ballet revival in 1952.

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