''Concerto DSCH'' is a ballet by Alexei Ratmansky choreographed for the New York City Ballet to the music of

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 (1957). The premiere took place on Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. The ballet's title derives from the composer's use of

DSCH This is a list of tetragraphs in the Latin script. These are most common in Irish orthography. For Cyrillic tetragraphs, see tetragraph#Cyrillic ลง. Arrernte Tetragraphs in Arrernte transcribe single consonants, but are largely predictable ...

, his musical monogram. Wendy Whelan, one of the creators of the ballet, performed the second movement of the ballet at her farewell performance.

Casts

*World premiere (2008): Wendy Whelan, Ashley Bouder, Benjamin Millepied, Joaquín De Luz, Gonzalo Garcia * Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere (2011): Carla Körbes, Carrie Imler, Karel Cruz,

Seth Orza Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is said to have the highest per capita attendance in the United States, with 11,000 subscribers in 2004. The company consists of 49 dan ...

, Bakthurel Bold * La Scala Theatre Ballet premiere (2012): Svetlana Zakharova , Alessandra Vassallo, Eris Nezha, Antonino Sutera, Federico Fresi *

Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet (russian: Балет Мариинского театра) is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russ ...

premiere (2013):

Yekaterina Kondaurova Ekaterina Kondaurova (russian: Екатерина Кондаурова; born 20 August 1982) is a Russian ballet dancer, currently one of the stars of the Mariinsky Ballet from Saint Petersburg. Early life Born in Moscow, Kondaurova is the daugh ...

, Nadezhda Batoeva,

Andrey Ermakov Andrey Ermakov (russian: Андрей Андреевич Ермаков), (born May 27, 1987) is a Russian ballet dancer, a winner of 'Soul of Dance' award (Russian 'Ballet' magazine, 2013), who performs as a principal with the Mariinsky Ballet ...

, Alexander Sergeyev, Vasily Tkachenko

Videography

In light of the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on the performing arts, New York City Ballet released a recording featuring Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Gonzalo Garcia and Joaquin De Luz, recorded on October 5, 2018.

References

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