''Grazioso'' is a ballet made on

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, its balletmaster-in-chief, to music by Mikhail Glinka. The premiere took place at City Ballet's fall gala on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at the

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Music

* '' A Life for the Tsar'', Act II ** Mazurka ** Pas de Quatre ** Cracovienne * ''

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'', Act III ** Pas de Trois

Original cast

Ashley Bouder Ashley Bouder (; born December 10, 1983) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. She also founded and currently runs her own project, The Ashley Bouder Project. Early life Ashley Bouder was ...

* Gonzalo Garcia *

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* Andrew Veyette

References

*''Repertory Week'', NYCB, Fall season, 2010 repertory, week 1 *'' Playbill'', NYCB, Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Reviews

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Jennifer Dunning Jennifer Dunning (born February 4, 1942) is a writer and critic for ''The New York Times'' on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 ''But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet'', the 1996 ...

, November 22, 2007 {{Ruslan and Ludmila Ballets by Peter Martins Ballets to the music of Mikhail Glinka Ballets designed by Holly Hynes 2007 ballet premieres New York City Ballet repertory