Welcome to City Ballet The Podcast, an exploration of New York City Ballet where we'll journey through our history, delve into our new and existing repertory, and reveal insider tidbits.Each season of City Ballet The Podcast features episodes that span three topics: New Combinations hosted by Associ… read more
This episode of City Ballet The Podcast is the first ever Hear the Dance recorded live from a recent Inside NYCB presentation hosted by Silas Farley on the uniquely fruitful collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky. Silas is joined on stage by Company members and musicians from the NYCB Orchestra for demonstrations of excerpts from the Stravinsky/Balanchine partnership, as well as conductor Clotilde Otranto and Kay Mazzo, Chairman of the Faculty School of American Ballet and a former NYCB principal dancer, to discuss the music and choreography of the two titans’ careers. (56:06)
Reading List for Hear the Dance Live: Stravinsky & Balanchine
Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention by Charles M. Joseph
Stravinsky’s Ballets by Charles M. Joseph
Stravinsky Inside Out by Charles M. Joseph
An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France, 1882-1934 by Stephen Walsh
Stravinsky: The Second Exile: France and America, 1934-1971 by Stephen Walsh
Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship by Robert Craft
Stravinsky: Discoveries and Memories by Robert Craft
The Stravinsky Festival of The New York City Ballet by Nancy Goldner
Holding on to the Air by Suzanne Farrell with Toni Bentley
Music:
Apollo (1928) by Igor Stravinsky
Danses Concertantes (1942) by Igor Stravinsky
Agon (1957) by Igor Stravinsky
Firebird (1910) by Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto in D (1931) by Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertant (1932) by Igor Stravinsky
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