© Delcey
CHOREOGRAPHY
George BALANCHINE
staged for the National Ballet of Marseille by Nanette GLUSHAK
MUSIC
Jean-sébastien BACH
Concerto for two violins and orchestra
PREMIERE the 27th of June 1941 by the American Ballet Caravan revival in 1948 by the New-York City Ballet
new version in 1951Ballet for 1 male dancer and 10 female dancers
18 mn
Concerto Barocco has no “subject”, simply a score for dancing to and the dancers who perform it. Set to the Concerto in D Minor for two violins, this ballet endeavours just to use dance and its way of entering into a relationship with the music to arouse the audience’s interest, in the same way that Baroque art and architecture aroused interest not through their subjects but through the decorative treatment with which they embellished these subjects.