Rodeo (ballet)

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Rodeo (ballet) is a 1942 American ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille to music by Aaron Copland, celebrated for its blend of classical dance with American Western themes and folk-inspired movement.

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Rodeo (ballet) canonical 3
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ballet
ballet
stage work
alsoKnownAs Rodeo
surface form: Rodeo: The Courting at Burnt Ranch
balletInActs 1
balletInScenes 5
choreographer Agnes de Mille
commissionedBy Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
composer Aaron Copland
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Champion Roper
Cowgirl
Head Wrangler
firstPerformedBy Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
genre American Western
ballet
classical ballet
folk-inspired dance
hasChoreographicInnovation use of vernacular American movement in ballet vocabulary
hasOrchestralSuite Rodeo
surface form: Rodeo (Copland orchestral suite)
hasPart “Buckaroo Holiday”
“Corral Nocturne”
“Hoe-Down”
“Ranch House Party”
“Saturday Night Waltz”
influencedBy American cowboy culture
American folk dance
language none (wordless ballet)
movementStyle blend of classical ballet and American folk dance
musicPublisher Boosey & Hawkes
musicStyle American folk-influenced orchestral music
notableFor integration of American Western themes into classical ballet
strong narrative role for a female protagonist
notableSection “Hoe-Down”
originalChoreographyBy Agnes de Mille
originalCompany Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
originalCostumeDesigner Lucinda Ballard
originalMusicBy Aaron Copland
originalSceneryDesigner Oliver Smith
premiereCity New York City
premiereCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
premiereDate 1942-10-16
premiereLocation Metropolitan Opera House
premiereYear 1942
setting Old West
surface form: American West
subjectMatter romantic rivalry and self-discovery of a cowgirl in the American West
typicalDuration about 25 minutes
usesMelodyFrom American folk tunes

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agnes de Mille notableWork Rodeo (ballet)
de Mille notableWork Rodeo (ballet)
subject surface form: Agnes de Mille
Rodeo hasAdaptation Rodeo (ballet)
this entity surface form: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
“Ranch House Party” movementOf Rodeo (ballet)
subject surface form: Ranch House Party