LINCOLN CENTER

David Koch Theater
New York City Ballet: Balanchine & Vienna

A mecca of art and culture, Vienna undoubtedly sparked the creative of these five composers, whose different styles spurred three equally diverse ballets from Balanchine: a regal embodiment of Mozart’s sparkling score, a minimalist black and white stage built from Webern’s architectural orchestrations, and the moonlit forests and grandiose ballrooms of three waltz kings: Johann Strauss II, Franz Léhar, and Richard Strauss.

Divertimento No. 15

• Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Choreography by: George Balanchine
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Balanchine considered Mozart’s Divertimento No. 15 the finest ever written and to compliment the sparkling score, he created a work of prodigious ingenuity featuring a regal cast of dancers.

Episodes

• Music by: Anton von Webern
• Choreography by: George Balanchine
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A four part avant-garde work, Episodes grew out of Balanchine’s enthusiasm for Anton von Webern’s orchestral music, which Balanchine once wrote “fills the air like molecules.”

Vienna Waltzes

• Music by: Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár, Richard Strauss
• Choreography by: George Balanchine
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A work of monumental scale with a magnificent finale, the five-part Vienna Waltzes is set in moonlit Austrian forests and the regal ballrooms of Vienna

This is NOT the New York City Balet but it is Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15