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Intermezzo No. 1

1969

Creative Team

Choreographer

Eliot Feld

Lighting Designer

Costume Designer

Running Time

31 min

Music

Composer

Johannes Brahms

Composition

3 Intermezzi, Op. 117, no. 2

6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118, no. 2

Waltzes, Op. 39, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16

Notes

At the premiere, the music was performed live by Gladys Celeste Mercader (Piano).

Premiere

Date

June 29, 1969

Location

Teatro Nuovo (Spoleto, Italy)

Company

American Ballet Company

Premiere Cast

Credits & Notes

The lighting was redesigned by Allen Lee Hughes for a later production.

Intermezzo No. 1 has also been in the repertory of American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, North Carolina School for the Arts, Stuttgart Ballet, Feld Ballets/NY, and New York City Ballet.

Media

Copyright Notice

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