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DIM LUSTRE
Hugh Laing, Nora Kaye - Photo by Fred Fehl 1943
Photo courtesy of Judith Chasin-Bennahum
Synopsis:
A whiff of perfume, the touch of a hand, a stolen kiss release whirls of memories which take
the rememberers back briefly to other moments and leave them not exactly as they were before.
The ballet opens on a lush red backdrop rich in Viennese ballroom motifs and chandeliers, against which five orange
and red waltzing couples, all looking very much alike, float and whirl through their predetermined steps and patterns.
The Gentleman with Her kisses her on the shoulder, triggering a transformation. The lights go down, the music stops;
the lights return to reveal the lady facing her double and moving exactly like her. In fact the stage seems to
be divided horizontally by a huge mirror. How easily and quickly her mind takes her back to her youth when another
young man, It Was Spring, kissed her on the shoulder. These momentary flashbacks are interrupted by the ballroom
scene when the other dancing couples interpose themselves both spatially and psychically, tugging these day-night
dreamers back to the present.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
| Richard Strauss, Burleske for Piano and Orchestra |
| First Performance |
New York - Metropolitan Opera House
October 20, 1943
Ballet Theatre |
| Original Cast |
| Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, Muriel Bentley, Michael Kidd, John Kriza, Rosella Hightower, Janet Reed,
Antony Tudor, Albia Kaven, Virginia Wilcox |
| Scenery / Costumes |
| Motley (Elizabeth Montgomery and Margaret Harris) |
| NYC Ballet Production |
New York
New York State Theatre
May 6, 1964
(May 26, 1954) |
| NYCB Cast |
| Patricia McBride, Edward Villella,Sara Leland, Ramon Segarra, Robert Rodham, Suki Schorer, Mimi
Paul, Richard Rapp |
| ABT Ballet Revival |
| May, 1985 |
| ABT Cast (Revival) |
| Johan Renvall/John Meehan, Anna Spelman/Leslie Brown, Clark Tippet, Amanda McKerrow, Bonnie Moore |
| Scenery / Costumes |
| NYC Ballet - Beni Montresor |
| Notated |
| 1984-86 by Airi Hynninen (Labanotation) |
| Length |
| 20 Minutes |
| Number of Dancers |
| 6+5 Women, 4+5 Men |
| Scenery / Costume |
| ABT |
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