Tanaquil Le Clercq in George Balanchine’s La Valse, March 12, 1951Photograph: George Platt Lynes (Am
Tanaquil Le Clercq in George Balanchine’s La Valse, March 12, 1951Photograph: George Platt Lynes (American; 1907–1955)PremiereFebruary 20, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York CityMusicMaurice Ravel, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1911, orchestrated 1912) and La Valse (1920)Original CastVida Brown, Edwina Fontaine, Jillana, Patricia Wilde, Frank Hobi, Yvonne Mounsey, Michael Maule, Diana Adams, Herbert Bliss, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Nicholas Magallanes, Franciso MoncionCostumesKarinskaSetJean Rosenthal LightingRonald Bates (original production Mark Stanley (current production) -- source link
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