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Les Noces (Robbins)
| Choreographer |
Robbins, Jerome |
| First Performance | 30.3.1965 |
| Place of First Performance | New York State Theater, New York, USA |
| Finnish premiere | 31.5.1989 |
| Place of Premiere | Finnish National Opera |
| Other Style | Muu tyylilaji |
| Duration (min) | 24 |
| Scenography | Oliver Smith |
| Costume designer | Patricia Zipprodt |
| Lighting Designer | Jean Rosenthal |
| Music composed for the work | Igor Stravinsky: Les Noces. |
| Description | The first half of the |
| Other Information | Choreographer's assistant: James Moore. Solo singers: Satu Vihavainen, soprano; Riikka Rantanen, mezzo-soprano; Pertti Mäkelä, tenor; Esa Ruuttunen, baritone; coaching of the singers: Leonid Maximov, solo pianists: Satu Elijärvi, Jaana Kärkkäinen, Leonid Maximov, Kristian Attila; percussionists: Tapio Aaltonen, Juhani Hapuli, Uolevi Högström, Raimo Nikulainen, Keijo Puumalainen, Kari Ravattinen, Tomi Wikström; Dominante Choir, coaching Seppo Murto. Jerome Robbins created the work for American Ballet Theatre's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary in 1965. The original Les Noces is by Bronislava Nijinska from 1923. Finnish National ballet revived Robbins's work 11.3.1994 in the evening with Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Kitti, Tommi: Matchmaker (1989) Saarinen, Tero: Groom (1989) Hänninen, Maija: Mother of the groom (1989) Heikkilä, Henrikki: Father of the bride (1994) Lindholm, Tuija: Mother of the bride (1994) Tuominen, Tuuli: Bride (1994) Länsivuori, Kare: Matchmaker (1994) Saxholm, Maritta: Matchmaker (1994) Myllymäki, Juha-Pekka: Groom (1994) Sandell, Kimmo: Father of the groom (1994) Lönnroth, Anneke (1994) |