La source (Balanchine)

La Source is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by its founding balletmaster (and co-founder) George Balanchine. The premiere took place on November 23, 1968, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

This article is about Balanchine's 1968 ballet. For the Saint-Léon 1866 ballet, see La source (Saint-Léon). For other uses, see La Source (disambiguation).

Balanchine's had previously made a pas de deux to music from Léo Delibes' Sylvia in 1950; he expanded this into a divertissement in 1965. The final version uses music from Delibes' ballets La source and Sylvia and choreography from the earlier pas de deux and divertissement.

Casts

Original
Wednesday, June 16
Saturday, June 19
Sunday, June 20, Albert Evans farewell
  • La Source on the website of the Balanchine Trust
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