Tarantella (ballet)

This article is about Balanchine's 1964 ballet. For the southern Italian folk dance, see Tarantella. For other uses, see Tarantella (disambiguation).

Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 (ca. 1858–64), reconstructed and orchestrated for piano and orchestra by Hershy Kay in July 1954. The premiere took place January 7, 1964, at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Casts

Main article: Tarantella casts

Original

• Patricia McBride
• Edward Villella

Media

Filmography 1968 Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts); 1973, RM Productions Videography - DVD 1980, Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts)

Television 1966 PBS, Dance 1968 NBC, Bell Telephone Hour, Man Who Dances: Edward Villella 1971 CBC, Montreal 1973 RM Productions 1975 PBS, Great Performances 1975 BBC 2, London 1979 WETA, Washington, D.C., Baryshnikov at the White House

See also

• Tarantella stagings
• NYCB repertory

External links

• Balanchine Foundation website
• Balanchine Trust website
• NYCB website

Reviews

• Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, February 5, 2008
• The New York Times by Alastair Macaulay, October 9, 2010