Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”

Music

Igor Stravinsky
(Excerpts from Divertimento, concert suite (1934), and the full-length ballet, Le Baiser de la Fée (1928))

Choreography

George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging

Peter Boal

Lighting Design

Ronald Bates

Costume Design

Holly Hynes

Cast

14 dancers

Duration

23 minutes

Premiere

June 21, 1972; New York City Ballet (Stravinsky Festival)

PNB Premiere

November 4, 2011

The 2011 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of George Balanchine’s Divertimento from “Le Baiser de La Fée” was generously underwritten by Bob Benson and Lyndall Boal. The works of George Balanchine performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet are made possible in part by The Louise Nadeau Endowed Fund.

The works of George Balanchine performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet are made possible in part by The Louise Nadeau Endowed Fund.