Swan Lake (Balanchine)

Swan Lake is a one-act ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's eponymous music (1875–56). The premiere took place Thursday, 20 November 1951 at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Casts

Original

Maria Tallchief Patricia Wilde

André Eglevsky Frank Hobi Edward Bigelow

first cast

Maria Kowroski Rebecca Krohn[1] Savannah Lowery[1]

Philip Neal Henry Seth

second cast

Sara Mearns[1] Dena Abergel Ellen Bar

Charles Askegard Henry Seth

first cast

Maria Kowroski Dena Abergel Ellen Bar

Philip Neal Henry Seth

second cast

Wendy Whelan Rebecca Krohn Savannah Lowery

Sébastien Marcovici[1] Henry Seth

first cast

Wendy Whelan Dena Abergel Ellen Bar

Philip Neal Henry Seth

second cast

Maria Kowroski Dena Abergel Ellen Bar

Charles Askegard Henry Seth

Footnotes

1. first time in rôle

External links

• Swan Lake on the Balanchine Trust website