La Valse

Music

Maurice Ravel
(Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1911, orchestrated 1912); La Valse (1920))

Choreography

George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging

Francia Russell (1986, 1991, 1999)
Paula Prewett (1987)

Lighting Design

Randall G. Chiarelli

Costume Design

Karinska

Duration

30 minutes

Cast

36 dancers

Premiere

February 20, 1951; New York City Ballet

PNB Premiere

May 1981

The works of George Balanchine performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet are made possible in part by The Louise Nadeau Endowed Fund.