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made for

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's Ravel Festival by balletmaster

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

to Ravel's music and scenario, the '' Ma Mère l'Oye Suite'' from 1908, orchestrated by the composer in 1912. The premiere took place on May 22, 1975, at the

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, with costumes by Stanley Simmons and lighting by

Jennifer Tipton Jennifer Tipton (born September 11, 1937) is an award winning American lighting designer. She has designed for dance, theater, and opera. She is known for working on many productions of American Ballet Theatre. Life and career Tipton was born in ...

. At its premiere it bore the French title, which was retained when it was first revived in January 1978 but anglicized by May of that year.NY Times review by Jack Anderson, May 30, 1978
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''Ma Mère l'Oye'' was written as a suite of five pieces for piano four hands and later orchestrated and adapted into a ballet, by M. Ravel, with the addition of a prelude, an opening scene and four interludes connecting the five original pieces.

Cast

Original

* Muriel Aasen * Delia Peters * Tracy Bennett * Deborah Koolish * Colleen Neary * Richard Hoskinson * Matthew Giordano * Jay Jolley *

Daniel Duell This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers. Principal dancers Soloists This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists. Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet. * Victor Abreu * Devin Albe ...

References

*'' Playbill'', NYCB, Thursday, May 15, 2008 *''Repertory Week'', NYCB, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 3

Footnotes

Reviews

''NY Times'' review

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 ...

, April 29, 1983
''NY Times'' review
Jack Anderson, January 6, 1983
''NY Times'' review

Anna Kisselgoff Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for ''The New York Times''. She began at the ''Times'' as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she h ...

, June 11, 1990
''NY Times'' review

, June 27, 1991
''NY Times'' review

, February 15, 1992
''NY Times'' review

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, May 17, 2008 {{Jerome Robbins Ballets by Maurice Ravel Ballets by Jerome Robbins New York City Ballet Ravel Festival New York City Ballet repertory 1975 ballet premieres Ballets designed by Jennifer Tipton Ballets based on fairy tales Works based on nursery rhymes Ballets based on works by Charles Perrault