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Writer's pictureLauryn Johnson

NYCB Vol. 11 No. 12 - Bourrée Fantasque

"In this [first] movement, Tanaquil LeClercq and Jerome Robbins are the solo figures, and they are irresistibly funny in the most completely stylish terms, Miss LeClercq is particularly delicious, and Mr. Robbins, an expert in these matters, gallantly gives her the scene." —John Martin, New York Times



Tanaquil LeClercq and Hugh Lang

Photos by Roger Wood, 1952

New York PublicLibrary

 

"The lastest [ballet], George Balanchine’s Bourrée Fantasque, which made its bow last night, is clearly going to be in the repertoire for a long time giving considerable pleasure to the majority of the customers. This is not exactly the same thing as saying that it is a world masterpiece, which it is not, but it is gay, energetic, young, spirited and generally charming, and that is perhaps just about what it set out to be."

—John Martin, New York Times


Here are som School of American Ballet faculty favorites when they appeared in Balanchine's Bourrée Fantasque.

Suzy Pilarre is in the back row, second from the right.

Photo by Fred Fehl, 1963.

Harry Ransom Center


Kay Mazzo stands in the first rown of the corps, the second from the left. She is just behind Nicholas Magallanes, slight on the left.

Photo by Fred Fehl, 1963.

Harry Ransom Center



Suki Schorer is in arabesque

Photo by Fred Fehl, 1963

Harry Ransom Center

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