In Balanchine’s ‘Serenade,’ Rituals and Gestures of Autonomy
In Balanchine’s ‘Serenade,’ Rituals and Gestures of Autonomy
Oct 6, 2016
NY TimesAlastair Macaulay
🩰🎶 Serenade is the first work that Balanchine, the co-founder of New York City Ballet, created after arriving in America in 1934 and is now one of the company’s signature piece. Take a look at their 2023 performance at the Teatro Real! 🩰🎶 https://cutt.ly/I59ih20 | medici.tv
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🩰🎶 Serenade is the first work that Balanchine, the co-founder of New York City Ballet, created after arriving in America in 1934 and is now one of the company’s signature piece. Take a look at their 2023 performance at the Teatro Real! 🩰🎶 https://cutt.ly/I59ih20 | medici.tv
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During the October 1 Balanchine Ratmansky program, advanced students of The School of American Ballet will take to the NYCB stage to perform George Balanchine's Serenade (in place of Monumentum pro Gesualdo and Movements for Piano and Orchestra) to celebrate the 90th anniversary of both the School and of Serenade. Join us for the one-night occasion: nycballet.com/balanchineratmansky | New York City Ballet
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During the October 1 Balanchine Ratmansky program, advanced students of The School of American Ballet will take to the NYCB stage to perform George Balanchine's Serenade (in place of Monumentum pro Gesualdo and Movements for Piano and Orchestra) to celebrate the 90th anniversary of both the School and of Serenade. Join us for the one-night occasion: nycballet.com/balanchineratmansky | New York City Ballet
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Flash Footage: Apprentices Maya Milić and Alexander Perone in George Balanchine's Serenade, in which they performed principal roles alongside students of The School of American Ballet during a special one-night performance on Tuesday given to honor the 90th anniversary of both the School and the ballet. | New York City Ballet
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Flash Footage: Apprentices Maya Milić and Alexander Perone in George Balanchine's Serenade, in which they performed principal roles alongside students of The School of American Ballet during a special one-night performance on Tuesday given to honor the 90th anniversary of both the School and the ballet. | New York City Ballet
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Last night, New York City Ballet had the privilege of opening our first onstage program in over 18 months with George Balanchine's Serenade to an in-person full house at Lincoln Center. Relive the moment as the curtain rises, as if hoisted by the notes of Tschaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C, on this emotional and momentous occasion. To view other opportunities to see Serenade during the 21-22 season, visit nycballet.com/serenade #CityBalletisBack | New York City Ballet
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Last night, New York City Ballet had the privilege of opening our first onstage program in over 18 months with George Balanchine's Serenade to an in-person full house at Lincoln Center. Relive the moment as the curtain rises, as if hoisted by the notes of Tschaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C, on this emotional and momentous occasion. To view other opportunities to see Serenade during the 21-22 season, visit nycballet.com/serenade #CityBalletisBack | New York City Ballet
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Throughout George Balanchine’s Serenade, the dancers create a dreamy effect with both their synchronized and syncopated movement and use of Karinska’s iconic tutus, which you can see in this clip from Thursday’s performance. See the ballet just two more times, this afternoon and this evening, on the Masters at Work: Balanchine & Cunningham program: nycballet.com/balanchinecunningham | New York City Ballet
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Throughout George Balanchine’s Serenade, the dancers create a dreamy effect with both their synchronized and syncopated movement and use of Karinska’s iconic tutus, which you can see in this clip from Thursday’s performance. See the ballet just two more times, this afternoon and this evening, on the Masters at Work: Balanchine & Cunningham program: nycballet.com/balanchinecunningham | New York City Ballet
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The first ballet Balanchine made in America. The first ballet danced by countless apprentices on the NYCB stage. The first ballet the Company performed after its 19-month pandemic-driven hiatus. Much like its choreography, the significance of Serenade within the ballet canon begs no explanation. Here, several generations of New York City Ballet artists express its significance to their personal artistry. Experience the harbinger of an era in dance this fall on the All Balanchine V program: nycba
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The first ballet Balanchine made in America. The first ballet danced by countless apprentices on the NYCB stage. The first ballet the Company performed after its 19-month pandemic-driven hiatus. Much like its choreography, the significance of Serenade within the ballet canon begs no explanation. Here, several generations of New York City Ballet artists express its significance to their personal artistry. Experience the harbinger of an era in dance this fall on the All Balanchine V program: nycba
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Balanchine's Serenade is just as awe-inspiring as it was when it was first performed in March 1935. This winter, the ballet, which is set to a sweeping, romantic score, returns on our Tschaikovsky & Balanchine program alongside Mozartiana and Tschaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2. #winterwednesday For more information about our winter performances, on stage JAN 22 - MAR 3, visit our website: nycballet.com/winter | New York City Ballet
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Balanchine's Serenade, one of the 20th century's great ballet masterpieces, was the first ballet he created in America. We just performed this work on stage in Shanghai, China, and it will return to NYCB during 2019 winter programming: nycballet.com/1819. This preview featuring Principal Dancer Ashley Bouder reveals the scope of Balanchine's brilliance. | New York City Ballet
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New York City Ballet Orchestra’s Violinist Nelly Kim believes that Serenade is the perfect example of George Balanchine’s philosophy, “see the music, hear the dance,” which she describes as when “music and dance unite in equal partnership.” "Balanchine had such amazing taste and understanding of music. He chose works that are not only inspiring to dance, but gratifying to play as well. Playing Tschaikovsky's Serenade never feels like an accompaniment, but always the driving force and impetus to
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Go inside George Balanchine's Serenade with Repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust, Eve Lawson! Serenade is a serene masterpiece, a testament to the beauty of classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky's haunting Serenade for Strings in C3. Don’t miss Nashville Ballet’s performance of Serenade with Paul Vasterling’s Dracula at TPAC this weekend only! Grab your tickets today: https://www.nashvilleballet.com/dracula Serenade choreography by George Balanchine. Copyright The George Balanchine Trust
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Today we honour the birthday of George Balanchine, a pioneering visionary in the world of ballet. To celebrate his profound legacy, we’re sharing a snippet of Serenade—the first original ballet he choreographed in America and a masterpiece of the classical ballet cannon. Choreography George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Artists of The Australian Ballet Music: Opera Australia Orchestra | The Australian Ballet
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One of the most iconic ballets of all time…✨ George Balanchine’s “Serenade,” a shimmering masterpiece that changed the course of ballet in America, takes the stage in just 2 weeks in Indianapolis Ballet’s “Ethereal Blue to Fiery Red.” Set to Tchaikovsky’s lush score and filled with sweeping lines and moonlit emotion, this is pure poetry in motion. ETHEREAL BLUE TO FIERY RED 📍 Tobias Theater at Newfields 📅 January 30 - February 1 Experience both beauty and legacy. Tickets are on sale now at the
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Serenade (ballet) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
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Opening Program Seven – Movements of Genius is one of the world's most beloved ballets, George Balanchine's Serenade. Experience the beauty of Balanchine's Serenade, a mesmerizing ballet set to Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. Created in 1934, Serenade was Balanchine's first ballet in the U.S. Balanchine described Serenade as "simply dancers in motion to a beautiful piece of music. The only story is the music's story, a serenade, a dance…" With its stunning formations, emotional depth, and si
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George Balanchine once said, “Ballet is important and significant, yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.” With this in mind, he created myriad works of all shapes and sizes. Raymonda Variations, Balanchine’s 1961 interpretation of a section of the Petipa ballet, shows a sweeter, more charming side of our founding choreographer’s style. The ballet, here performed by Erica Pereira leading the ballet's corps and soloists, returns this fall. | New York City Ballet
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Get swept away with 'Serenade' in Ballet Arizona's 'All Balanchine'. Experience THREE of Balanchine's masterpiece ballets in ONE magical afternoon or evening. See the music come to life on stage and feel the magic of movement that only Balanchine's unparalleled choreography can evoke! March 24-27 at Orpheum Theatre. Get your tickets today! #BAZBalanchine #BalletArizona | Ballet Arizona
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With its impressive corps de ballet of female dancers, George Balanchine's SERENADE has a wonderful thematic of community, friendship, and sisterhood. These feelings are perhaps most accentuated in this sequence with just five dancers, as they join hands and move together, winding and unwinding into a huddle, then back to a line. In its enigmatic simplicity, we glimpse the special bond between budding ballerinas - a truly unique shared experience that comes from spending years learning this beau
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SERENADE in the studios. 💙 Colorado Ballet performs this beautiful and iconic masterpiece by George Balanchine tomorrow at Vail Dance Festival. Details at https://vaildance.org/event/dance-for-2024/. 👈 📽: Artists of Colorado Ballet. SERENADE Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust | Colorado Ballet
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“George Balanchine's Serenade marked both an ode to tradition and a breathtaking rebirth of an artform. A seamless and undeniable marriage of music and movement, Serenade signaled a new beginning. At PNB we honor our tradition and await a new beginning.” Peter Boal Collaborating apart, the musicians and dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet continue to bring beauty to the world. Please consider, if you’re able, supporting our Relief Fund to ensure we are able to perform for you again when it’s saf
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‘Serenade’ is one of the ballet world’s most iconic and timeless works. Created by George Balanchine and first performed in 1934 by students of the School of American Ballet, ‘Serenade’ was Balanchine’s first original ballet in America, later being performed countless times around the world. Set to Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, the ballet’s includes sweeping blue costumes, shifting formations, and striking integration of chance events from rehearsal into choreography. Originally a lesson i
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New Jersey Ballet Company on Instagram: "George Balanchine’s iconic Serenade, a poetic and sweeping work set to Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. Don’t miss it! Icons of American Ballet 🎼 performed live by the New Jersey Symphony ❗️ 📍Mayo Performing Arts Center 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 📆 Friday, March 20, 2026 at 7:30pm 📆 Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 2:00pm Icons of American Ballet 📍New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 📆 Saturday
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San Francisco Ballet on Instagram: "You never forget your first Serenade experience. Those first moments of Balanchine's masterpiece just stick with you. We can't wait for its return to our stage this Season. (Katherine Barkman in Balanchine's Serenade, Choreography by George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust)"
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