Mozartina

Mozartina (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine) See this performance on: July 10th (8pm), July 12th (2pm), and July 17th (8pm) ** Language: English, Pronounced: mozart-ee-anna, Meaning: The ballet score was written and named by composer Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky as a tribute to the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozartiana, which opened the 1981 Tschaikovsky Festival, was Balanchine's third ballet set to the composer's homage to Mozart and is one of the last ballets the choreographer created before his death in April 1983. Its classical choreography opens with a “Preghiera“ (Prayer), followed by a “Gigue,“ “Minuet,“ “Theme and Variations,“ and a “Finale“. In the opening movement, the ballerina is accompanied by four young girls. They are followed by the male soloist, who dances a sprightly “Gigue.“ Four women from the corps enter and dance a stately “Minuet.“ The ballerina returns accompanied by the male principal for a classical