Yvonne Mounsey, the South African-American ballet dancer was known for the important roles she created in the works of which choreographer who co-founded the New York City Ballet?
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Yvonne Mounsey Yvonne Mounsey (2 September 1919 – 29 September 2012) was a South African-American ballet dancer and teacher. Described as "a dancer of glamour, wit, and striking presence," she spent ten years with the New York City Ballet (1949-1959), where she created important roles in the works of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
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George Balanchine George Balanchine (born Giorgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904April 30, 1983) was a choreographer. Styled as the father of American ballet, he co-founded the New York City Ballet and remained its Artistic Director for more than 35 years.
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Ragtime (I) Ragtime (I) is the second of three ballets made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's 1918 "Ragtime for Eleven Instruments"; with scenery by Robert Drew previously used for Lew Christensen's 1947 work for Ballet Society, "Blackface"; costumes by Karinska and lighting by David Hays. The premiere took place on December 7, 1960, at City Center of Music and Drama, conducted by Robert Irving, as part of a quartet of works titled "Jazz Concert", together with dances by Todd Bolender's "Creation of the World", Francisco Moncion's "Les Biches" and John Taras' "Ebony Concerto". Balanchine's 1966 "Ragtime (II)" was also made for City Ballet; his previous ballet to Stravinsky's "Ragtime" was one of a number of "informal little things" made in St. Petersburg in 1922.
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Graham technique Graham technique is a modern dance movement style and pedagogy created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991). Graham technique has been called the "cornerstone" of American modern dance, and has been taught worldwide. It is widely regarded as the first codified modern dance technique, and strongly influenced the later techniques of Merce Cunningham, Lester Horton, and Paul Taylor.
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List of Monumentum pro Gesualdo casts This is a list of casts of New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine's 1960 Monumentum pro Gesualdo, made to Igor Stravinsky's eponymous music composed in honor of the 400th birthday of Don Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravinsky's orchestrations of Don Carlo's madrigals. The premiere took place on November 16, 1960 at City Center of Music and Drama, New York.
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Tango (Martins) Tango is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Peter Martins to Stravinsky's "Tango" (1940) arranged 1953 by the composer. The premiere took place September 14, 1983 at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was in February, 1984.
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Serenade (ballet) Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's 1880 "Serenade for Strings in C", Op. 48. Students of the School of American Ballet gave the first performance on Sunday, 10 June 1934 on the Felix M. Warburg estate in White Plains, N.Y., where "Mozartiana" had been danced the previous day. This was the first ballet that Balanchine choreographed in America. It was then presented by the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet on 6 December at the Avery Memorial Theatre of the Wadsworth Atheneum with sets by the painter William Littlefield. Balanchine presented the ballet as his response to the generous sponsorships he received during his immigration to America. The official premiere took place on 1 March 1935 with the American Ballet at the Adelphi Theatre, New York, conducted by Sandor Harmati.
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Liebeslieder Walzer (ballet) Liebeslieder Walzer is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine, based on the Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer", Op. 52, and their sequel "Neue Liebeslieder", Op. 65.
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Two Birds with the Wings of One Two Birds with the Wings of One is a ballet made by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux for New York City Ballet's Diamond Project to two poems from the Sung Dynasty and "Chi Lin's Dance" from "Flute Moon" by Bright Sheng. The premiere took place on May 25, 2006, at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
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Yvonne Borree Yvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet. She was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age.
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Images (ballet) Images is a ballet made by Miriam Mahdaviani for the New York City Ballet's first Diamond Project to Debussy's "Gigues" from "Images pour orchestre" (1906–12) and "Nuages" and "Fetes" from his "Nocturnes" (1893–99). The premiere took place 30 May 1992 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
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La guirlande de Campra (ballet) La guirlande de Campra is a ballet made at the New York City Ballet by ballet master John Taras to eponymous 1952 music composed by Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Daniel-Lesur, Alexis Roland-Manuel, Francis Poulenc, Henri Sauguet and Germaine Tailleferre, after a theme from André Campra's 1717 opera "Camille, reine des Volsques". The premiere took place December 1, 1966 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
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Israel Ballet The Israel Ballet is a dance company that performs works of classical ballet and neoclassical ballet. It was founded in 1967 by Berta Yampolsky and Hilel Merkman who have managed it for 45 years. The company often stages newly choreographed works, and in addition, it is the only professional ballet company within Israel that stages works of the classical international repertoire. The Israel Ballet regularly tours internationally.
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Paul Taylor Dance Company Paul Taylor Dance Company, is a contemporary dance company, formed by the famous dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor. The modern dance company is based in New York, New York and was founded in 1954.
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The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, UK. The largest of the four major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois, it became the resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House in 1946 and was granted a royal charter in 1956, becoming recognised as Britain's flagship national ballet company.
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The Seasons (Cage) The Seasons is a ballet with music by John Cage and choreography by Merce Cunningham, first performed in 1947. It was Cage's first piece for orchestra and also the first to use what Cage later called the "gamut" technique, albeit in an early form.
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Ballet Minnesota Ballet Minnesota is a classical dance company in Minnesota, United States. Located in Saint Paul in the Arts Section of Lowertown, it has served Minneapolis-St. Paul and Minnesota for 20 years. Founded by Andrew and Cheryl Rist, its stated mission is to be "dedicated to creating and sharing artistry in dance through public presentations and education."
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Heidi Vosseler Heide Vosseler (1918–1992) was a European-born ballerina and member of George Balanchine's first American ballet company, American Ballet, from 1935 to 1938. She performed in his first American ballet, "Serenade", in his "Alma Mater", in two productions he choreographed for the Metropolitan Opera, and was featured in two Broadway musicals he choreographed, "The Boys from Syracuse" and "Louisiana Purchase" in which she understudied and appeared for Vera Zorina. Her sister Mardee was also a ballerina.
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Mercurial Manoeuvres Mercurial Manoeuvres is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first Artist in Residence Christopher Wheeldon to Shostakovich's Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra, Op. 35, for the City Ballet's Diamond Project. The premiere took place on Friday, April 28, 2000, at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with costumes by Carole Divet and lighting by Mark Stanley.
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Piano Pieces Piano Pieces is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Tschaikovsky Festival by ballet master Jerome Robbins to the composer's music:
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Alicia Markova Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only two English dancers to be recognised as a prima ballerina assoluta. Markova was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet.
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Ballet Ballet (] ) is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art.