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Printemps is a ballet created for the New York City Ballet by Lorca Massine to Claude Debussy’s music of the same name.

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Overview

Printemps is a ballet created by choreographer Lorca Massine for the New York City Ballet. Its musical basis is Claude Debussy’s Printemps, a work dating from 1887. The ballet premiered on January 13, 1972, at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. The title refers to the French word for “spring,” linking the production to Debussy’s composition and its seasonal association. The available reference material identifies the work primarily through its choreographer, musical source, commissioning company, premiere venue, and premiere date. It also records contemporary critical attention, including a New York Times review by Clive Barnes published on January 16, 1972. Beyond these documented facts, the supplied material does not establish a continuing commercial brand structure, corporate owner, operating markets, product portfolio, or later production history. Accordingly, Printemps is best treated here as a named ballet work rather than as the French department-store brand with the same name.

History

Printemps is a ballet created by Lorca Massine for the New York City Ballet. The work draws its title and musical foundation from Claude Debussy’s Printemps, composed in 1887. This connection places the ballet within a broader tradition of choreographic works built around established concert music, while also giving the production a distinctly seasonal identity through the French meaning of its title. The documented history of the ballet begins with its creation for the New York City Ballet and its first performance on January 13, 1972. The premiere took place at the New York State Theater, the major performance venue associated with Lincoln Center in New York City. The premiere date and venue establish the work as a product of the early-1970s New York ballet scene and as part of the institutional repertory activity of the New York City Ballet at that time. The ballet also received contemporary press coverage. Clive Barnes reviewed the premiere for The New York Times in an article dated January 16, 1972, only a few days after the first performance. The existence of this review indicates that the work attracted attention from the major dance press at the time of its introduction, although the supplied reference material does not provide the review’s detailed critical assessment. The available sources do not document the ballet’s subsequent revivals, choreographic revisions, cast history, staging rights, recordings, commercial exploitation, or current repertory status. They also do not establish a corporate entity, consumer-goods business, or broader brand architecture associated with this title. Any such details would require additional authoritative sources. The name should therefore remain disambiguated as Printemps (ballet), rather than being conflated with the French department-store company Printemps.

  • 1972

    Premiere at Lincoln Center

    [1]

    Lorca Massine’s Printemps premiered on January 13, 1972, at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, performed for the New York City Ballet.

  • 1972

    Contemporary New York Times review

    [1]

    Clive Barnes published a New York Times review of the ballet on January 16, three days after its premiere.

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A concert-dance work situated within the New York City Ballet repertory and based on Claude Debussy’s identically titled music.

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    Printemps names Jean-Marc Bellaiche CEO[2]

    Printemps announced that Jean-Marc Bellaiche would take on the chief executive officer post on October 1, 2020.

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