Oct 4, 2021
Host Silas Farley is back with another Hear the Dance episode of
City Ballet The Podcast exploring Balanchine’s Chaconne. Farley is
joined by legendary former Principal Dancer Suzanne Farrell, who
originated the lead role in the 1976 premiere, and current
Principal Dancer Maria Kowroski, who inherited many of Farrell’s
signature roles during her more than 25 years with the
Company—ending this fall, when she retires from performing with
NYCB. Farrell describes the fast-paced creation of Chaconne and
working with Balanchine, and the two dancers share memories from
their iconic careers and treasured moments in both Chaconne and the
repertory. (1:13:54)
Written by Silas Farley
Edited by Emilie Silvestri
Reading List:
Balanchine: A Biography by Bernard Taper
Balanchine and Kirstein's American Enterprise by James
Steichen
Balanchine Ballerinas: Conversations with the Muses by
Robert Tracy
Following Balanchine by Robert Garis
Balanchine's Mozartiana: The Making of a
Masterpiece by Robert Mairoano and Valerie Brooks
Holding On to the Air: An Autobiography by Suzanne Farrell
with Toni Bentley
Gluck and the Birth of Modern Opera by Patricia Howard
Christoph Willibald Gluck: A Guide to Research by Patricia
Howard
"Motherhood Reshaped Ballet Dancer Maria Kowroski's Career in a
Touching Way," Elle Decor Article by Parker Bowie Larson
and Vanessa Lawrence
"Like a Prayer" The New York Times #SpeakinginDance Piece
by Gia Kourlas
Music:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor
Stravinsky
Ballet music from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna, 1762 and
Paris, 1774) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck
All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra.