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UNDERTOW
1946 - Hugh Laing, Alicia Alonso and "Artists of Ballet Theatre". Photo by Baron.
Sets by Raymond Breinin. Photo Courtesy of Judith Chasin-Bennahum
Synopsis:
The original program notes were too lengthy for Tudor's liking, thus ten years later, in 1956,
the program notes shrank considerably to include just the following:
The ballet concerns itself with the emotional development of a transgressor. The choreographic action depicts a
series of related happenings, beginning with his babyhood when he is neglected by his mother. The frustrations
engendered by this episode are heightened during his boyhood by his sordid experiences in the lower reaches of
a large city, and only resolve themselves in his murder of a lascivious woman.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
William Schuman
Commissioned score |
| First Performance |
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
April 10, 1945
Ballet Theatre |
| US Cast Premiere |
| Hugh Laing, Diana Adams, John Kriza, Nana Gollner, Alicia Alonso, Janet Reed, Lucia Chase, Shirley
Eckl, Patricia Barker, Regis Posers, Stanley Herbertt, Michael Kidd, Fernando Alonso, Kenneth Davis, Roy Tobias,
Roszika Sabo, Cynthia Riesly, Dick Beard, Marjorie Tallchief, June Morris, Mildred Ferguson |
| Costumes / Scenery |
| Raymond Breinin |
| Revival US Premiere |
Syracuse, NY
Feb 20, 1976
Syracuse Ballet Theatre |
| French Premiere |
Paris, Opera Comique
Feb 18, 1985
Paris Opera Ballet
"Hommage a Antony Tudor" |
| Notated |
1973 by Ray Cook
(incomplete)
1978-1983 by Airi Hynninen
(Labanotation) |
| Number of Dancers |
| 5+7 Women, 2+7 Men |
| Average Length |
| 45 minutes |
| Costumes / Scenery |
| ABT; Royal Swedish Ballet |
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