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PILLAR OF FIRE
Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomez
New production 2003 - ABT
Photo: Courtesy of American Ballet Theater
Photo: Marty Sohl
Synopsis:
Hagar, whose elder sister is a spinster, foresees the same fate for herself. When the man she
unrequitedly loves seems to show preference for her younger sister, Hagar in distraction gives herself to one she
does not love. The resulting crisis, however, unites her with the man she really loves. The ballet is set in the
period around 1900 because it was then that Schoenberg composed the music.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht |
| First Performance |
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
April 8, 1942
Ballet Theatre |
| Cast - First Performance |
| Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, Annabelle Lyon, Antony Tudor, Lucia Chase, Maria Karnilova, Charles Dickson,
Jan Davidson, John Kriza, Virginia Wilcox, Wallace Seibert, Jean Hunt, Barbara Fallis, Sono Osato, Rosella Hightower,
Muriel Bentley, Jerome Robbins, Donald Saddler, Frank Hobi, Balina Razoumova, Roszika Sabo |
| Costumes / Set / Lighting |
| Jo Mielziner |
| First Swedish Performance |
Stockholm
Royal Opera House
December 30, 1962
Royal Swedish Ballet |
| Notated |
Elphine Allen
(Benesh Notation) 1969
Agneta Stjernlof
(Benesh Notation) 1971
Airi Hynninen
(Labanotation) 1982 |
| Number of Dancers |
| 13 Women, 8 Men |
| Average Length |
| 31 Minutes |
| Costumes |
| ABT; Royal Swedish Ballet; Star Dancers (Japan) |
| Scenery |
| ABT; Royal Swedish Ballet; Star Dancers (Japan) |
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