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SERENADE

Classical ballet  in four movements

Music by PYOTR  TCHAIKOVSKY
(Serenade in C  Major for String Orchestra, Op.48)
Choreography by  GEORGE BALANCHINE © The George Balanchine Trust
Staging by  FRANCIA RUSSELL and KARIN von AROLDINGEN
Costume design by  KARINSKA
Original lighting  design by RONALD BATES
Lighting by  VLADIMIR LUKASHEVICH

World premiere: 6 June 1934, School  of American Ballet, White  Plains, New 
York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre:  30 April 1998, St.  Petersburg

George  Balanchine's “Serenade” is presented by 
arrangement with The George  Balanchine Trust and has been produced in
accordance  with
the  Balanchine Style ® and Balanchine Technique ® Service Standards
established 
and provided by the Trust.
The Mariinsky Theatre would like to  express its gratitude to Mrs. Bettina
von Siemens for her support in bringing  the “Ballet of George Balanchine”
project to life

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