Orpheus (Balanchine ballet)
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Orpheus (Balanchine ballet) is a 1948 neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky’s score, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and created for the New York City Ballet.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orpheus (Balanchine ballet) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ballet
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neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| associatedCompany | New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| balletMaster | George Balanchine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Eurydice
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Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Bacchantes
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Dark Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurydice NERFINISHED ⓘ Furies NERFINISHED ⓘ Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | George Balanchine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborator |
George Balanchine
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Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Ballet Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| company | New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdFor | New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformedBy | Ballet Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| hasType |
mythological ballet
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plot ballet ⓘ |
| language | none (wordless ballet) ⓘ |
| laterCompanyName | New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementStyle | neoclassical ⓘ |
| musicComposer | Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicGenre | ballet score ⓘ |
| musicTitle | Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early major collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky for New York City Ballet
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helping establish the identity of New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| originalCompanyNameAtPremiere | Ballet Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | repertory of New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1948-04-28 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | City Center of Music and Drama, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| setting |
ancient Greece
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underworld ⓘ |
| structure | three scenes ⓘ |
| style | abstract narrative ⓘ |
| subject |
Orpheus in the underworld
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death ⓘ journey to the underworld ⓘ love and loss ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.