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ECHOING OF TRUMPETS
L-R Veronika Mlakar, Sally Bliss , Elizabeth Lee
Photo courtesy of Sally Brayley Bliss
Synopsis:
This ballet was created to the memory of the Czechoslovakian village of Lidice, which was destroyed
in 1942 by Nazis who brutally attacked the inhabitants of a defenseless village. Tudor felt it could be any place,
any time during a war.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
Bohuslav Martinu
Fantaisies Symphoniques
(Symphony no. 6) |
| Original Title |
Ekon av Trumpeter
Echoes of Trumpets |
| First Performance |
Stockholm
Royal Opera House
September 28, 1963
Royal Swedish Ballet. |
| First Cast Performance |
| Gerd Andersson, Catherina Ericson, Viveka Ljung, Kerstin Lust, Hervor Sjostrand, Kari Sylwan,
Annette Wiedersheim-Paul, Mario Mengarelli, Jacques De Lisle, Eki Eriksson, Ulf Gadd, Nils Johansson, Nisse Winqvist,
Richard Wold, Svant Lindberg |
| Scenery |
| Originals by Birger Bergling |
| First New York Premiere |
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
March 27, 1966
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
(title: Echoes of Trumpets) |
| First ABT Premiere |
East Lansing, Michigan
University Auditorium
November 15, 1967 |
| Notated |
| Virginia Doris – 1990 |
| Number of Dancers |
| 3+4 Women, 2+6 Men |
| Average Length |
| 25 Minutes |
| Costumes |
| Ballet West; Royal Swedish Ballet; English National Ballet; Asami Maki Ballet (Japan) |
| Scenery |
| Ballet West (?); Louisville Ballet (?); Royal Swedish Ballet; English National Ballet; Asami
Maki Ballet (Japan) |
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