…In 1944, he choreographed his first ballet, Fancy Free, to the music of L. Bernstein, and it was a great success. From 1949 to 1959, as assistant artistic director of the New York City Ballet (City Ballet), he choreographed works such as The Cage (1951) to the music of Stravinsky and Afternoon of a Faun (1953) to the music of Debussy. In 1957, he gained worldwide fame for choreographing the Broadway musical West Side Story to the music of Bernstein. He founded Ballet USA to perform at the Spoleto Festival in 1958 and 1961, but it did not last long, and he returned to City Ballet in 1969. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cage" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…44年L.バーンスタインの音楽でバレエ《ファンシー・フリー》を初めて振付け大成功をおさめた。49‐59年,ニューヨーク・シティ・バレエ団(シティ・バレエ)の芸術監督補佐として,ストラビンスキーの音楽による《檻(おり)》(1951),ドビュッシーの音楽による《牧神の午後》(1953)などを振付け,57年にはバーンスタインの音楽によるブロードウェー・ミュージカル《ウェスト・サイド物語》の振付で,世界的な名声を得た。58年と61年のスポレート音楽祭出演のために〈バレエUSA〉を創立したが,長続きせず,69年〈シティ・バレエ〉に復帰した。… ※「《檻》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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