Swan Lake (Balanchine)

Swan Lake (Balanchine) is a one-act ballet created by George Balanchine, the co-founder and ballet master of New York City Ballet, to music from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's celebrated Swan Lake score. It is a distinct choreographic treatment of the well-known ballet subject rather than a clothing or consumer brand. The work belongs to the repertory associated with Balanchine's artistic leadership and with New York City Ballet's development as a major ballet institution. The ballet premiered on Thursday, 20 November 1951, at the City Center of Music and Drama in New York City. Its original cast included Maria Tallchief, Patricia Wilde, André Eglevsky, Frank Hobi, and Edward Bigelow. The premiere connected a prominent choreographer, a major classical score, and dancers who were important to the early New York City Ballet repertory. The work's one-act format distinguishes it from longer full-evening presentations of Swan Lake and reflects Balanchine's practice of creating concise, formally focused works from established musical material. Balanchine's version is generally identified through the choreographer's name because Swan Lake exists in many stage interpretations. The canonical title therefore refers specifically to this Balanchine choreography and should not be confused with unrelated uses of the name, including commercial brands, films, literary works, or other ballet productions. Its identity is defined by the combination of Balanchine's choreography, Tchaikovsky's music, the New York City Ballet context, and the 1951 New York premiere. The work remains associated with the Balanchine repertory and is documented by the George Balanchine Trust, which provides an official reference point for the choreography. No separate corporate ownership, commercial product line, executive structure, or financial information is established in the supplied sources. For encyclopedia purposes, it is best treated as a performing-arts work and repertory ballet rather than as a Japanese apparel label.

Swan Lake (Balanchine) was created by George Balanchine, who was a co-founder and ballet master of New York City Ballet. The work draws on music from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and presents the material as a one-act ballet. Its creation placed a familiar classical score within Balanchine's choreographic language and the institutional setting of New York City Ballet. The ballet received its premiere on Thursday, 20 November 1951, at the City Center of Music and Drama in New York City. The original cast consisted of Maria Tallchief, Patricia Wilde, André Eglevsky, Frank Hobi, and Edward Bigelow. This premiere established the work as part of the company's repertory and associated it with a notable group of dancers from the period. The title requires disambiguation because Swan Lake is also used for other ballets, adaptations, and unrelated cultural or commercial subjects. The Balanchine designation identifies this particular one-act choreography rather than the many full-length or independently staged versions of the Swan Lake story. Its historical importance in the supplied reference material rests on its authorship, its use of Tchaikovsky's music, its New York City Ballet connection, and its 1951 premiere. The choreography is also represented through the George Balanchine Trust, whose website is cited as an official external reference for the work. The available material does not provide information about later revivals, specific companies that have performed it, production economics, or current performance schedules, so those details are not added here.

• 1951

  World premiere

  [1]Swan Lake (Balanchine)en.wikipedia.org

  Swan Lake (Balanchine), a one-act ballet by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's music, premiered on 20 November at the City Center of Music and Drama in New York City.

A concise, one-act interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake created within the artistic tradition of George Balanchine and New York City Ballet.

• One-act ballet · 1951

  Swan Lake (Balanchine)

  George Balanchine's one-act choreographic treatment of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake music. The work was created for the New York City Ballet context and premiered in New York City in 1951. It is distinguished from other versions of Swan Lake by its Balanchine authorship, compact format, and specific repertory history.

1. 1Swan Lake (Balanchine)en.wikipedia.org
2. 2George Balanchine Trustbalanchine.com