Ballet Ballads
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Ballet Ballads is a pioneering 1940s American musical theatre work by composer Jerome Moross that blends ballet, folk influences, and sung narrative into a series of dance-driven story pieces.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerome Moross | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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musical theatre work ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| composer | Jerome Moross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era | mid-20th-century American musical theatre ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | one-act ballets with sung narration ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
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dance theatre ⓘ folk-influenced music ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasChoreography | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Riding Hood Revisited
NERFINISHED
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Susanna and the Elders NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eccentricities of Davy Crockett NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie the Weeper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
narrative ballet sequences
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through-composed musical numbers ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of concept-driven dance musical
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pioneering American dance-musical hybrid ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American folk music
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ballet tradition ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | stage ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | John Latouche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerome Moross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | sung narrative instead of spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
integration of ballet and sung narrative
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pioneering blend of dance and musical theatre ⓘ use of American folk elements ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ballet Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| primaryArtFormsCombined |
dance
GENERATED
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music GENERATED ⓘ theatre GENERATED ⓘ |
| productionType | off-Broadway production ⓘ |
| setting | various American folk and legendary contexts ⓘ |
| structure | series of dance-driven story pieces ⓘ |
| targetAudience | theatre audiences ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| usesVocalEnsemble | yes ⓘ |
| workOf | Jerome Moross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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