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Synopsis:
"The ballet's name directly evokes sunflowers which always keep their heads turned toward
the sun, and bloom in the heart of summer. The four ladies of the ballet are friends of long acquaintanceship having
known each other for almost as long as they can remember and every summer they seem to have been brought together
at this particular bit of countryside, for here they regathered in what seems to be the corner of a hayfield with
an old weather beaten log fence separating it from the country lane in the background and down which the two men
have strolled onto the scene. They are also old acquaintances and have wandered by wondering if the girls are still
around."
Antony Tudor, in a letter to Isabel Mirrow (Brown)
Sunflowers is one of three N.E.A. ballets (Sunflowers, Cereus, and Continuo) that provide rich sources for small
companies and enable them to mount a Tudor work without the cost of expensive sets and intricate costumes.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
Leos Janacek
String Quartet #1 |
| First Performance |
New York
The Juilliard School
Private viewing
May 27, 1971
Juilliard Dance Ensemble |
| Professional Premiere |
Omaha, Nebraska
May 13, 1972
Omaha Ballet Society |
| Cast Professional Premiere |
| Madeline Rhew, Airi Hynninen, Pamela Knisel, Deborah Weaver, Anthony Salatino, Larry Grenier |
| Notated |
1972 by Muriel Topaz
(Labanotation) |
| Number of Dancers |
| 4 Women, 2 Men |
| Average Length |
| 23 Minutes |
| Costumes |
| Festival Ballet Theatre |
| Scenery |
| None |
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