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Divertimento No. 15
| Choreographer |
Balanchine, George |
| First Performance | 31.5.1956 |
| Place of First Performance | American Shakespeare Festival Theater, Stratford, Connecticut, USA |
| Finnish premiere | 7.2.1991 |
| Place of Premiere | Finnish National Opera |
| Style | Classic Ballet |
| Costume designer | Karinska |
| Lighting Designer | Simo Järvinen |
| Performers of the premiere | Theme: Juha Kirjonen, Dan-Eje Olsson; I variation: Anu Koskinen, II variation: Tuuli Tuominen, III variation: Ulrika Hallberg, IV variation: Leena Virtanen, V variation: Timo Kokkonen, VI variation: Kirsi Aromaa, corps de ballet: Francis Guardia, Kirsi Heino, Nina Hyvärinen, Jessica Kellgren, Maarika Kärkkäinen, Virve Lehtinen, Anneke Lönnroth, Minna Strömberg. |
| Other Information |
Restaging: Patricia Neary, conductor: Ari Angervo. The world premiere was performed by the New York City Ballet in 1956. The Finnish premiere was part of the evening which consisted the works Pulcinella, A Faun and Divertimento No. 15. The work had a revival premiere at the Finnish National Ballet on May 5, 2006. It was then performed as a part of a triple-bill called Mozart & Balanchine - Kylián, which consisted of the works Divertimento No. 15, Petite Mort and Sechs Tänze. |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Hallberg, Ulrika: III Variation (1991) Tuominen, Tuuli: II Variation (1991) Koskinen, Anu: I Variation (1991) Virtanen, Leena: IV Variation (1991) Olsson, Dan-Eje: Theme (1991) Aromaa, Kirsi: VI Variation (1991) Hänninen, Maija: VI variation (1991) Kokkonen, Timo: V Variation (1991) Ilieva, Petia (2006) Beljajevski, Stanislav (2006) Jokela, Sari (2006) Dunets, Anastasia (2006) Kononen, Anandah (2006) Haakana, Linda (2006) Kozal, Adam (2006) Morino, Alberto (2006) Kirjonen, Juha: Theme (1991) Lönnroth, Anneke (1991) |