Night Shadow
Choreographer:
George Balanchine
Staged by:
John Taras
Composer:
Vittorio Rieti
Music arranger:
Reginald Smith Brindle
Set designer:
Alix Stone
Costume designer:
Alix Stone
Rambert premiere:
18 Jul 1961, Ballet Rambert, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
World premiere:
27 Feb 1946, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center of Music and Drama, New York, New York, USA
Production note:
The choreography credit reads: 'Choreography George Balanchine, reproduced by John Taras'. Alix Stone is credited as 'decor and costumes'.
Music title:
The Night Shadow (1941)
Music details:
Live music: orchestra
Music note:
Based on themes from operas by Vincenzo Bellini, including 'La Sonnambula', 'I Puritani', 'Norma', 'I Capuletti ed i Montecchi'.
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0178
Performances
| Date | Programme | Venue |
|---|---|---|
|
18 Jul 1961 Evening |
Night Shadow* | The Sylphide | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
20 Jul 1961 Evening |
Czerny-ana | Night Shadow | Night and Silence* | Hazaña | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
23 Jul 1962 Evening |
Night Shadow | Façade (The Original Version) | Conflicts* | Winter Night | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |