The Cage (ballet)

This article is about Robbins' 1951 ballet. For other uses, see Cage.

The Cage is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to Stravinsky's Concerto in D for string orchestra, also known as the "Basel Concerto", which he was commissioned to compose on the twentieth anniversary of the chamber orchestra Basler Kammerorchester; it notably shifts between D major and minor.^[1] The premiere took place on Sunday, 10 June 1951 at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with décor by Jean Rosenthal, costumes by Ruth Sobatka and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. It was danced as part of City Ballet's 1982 Stravinsky Centennial Celebration.

Cast

original

Notes

↑ Playbill, NYCB, Tuesday, June 10, 2008

References

Repertory Week, NYCB, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 7

Reviews

NY Times, John Martin, June 15, 1951
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 20, 1979

NY Times, Jack Anderson, February 5, 1982
NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, June 23, 2003

External links

Jerome Robbins

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