Allegro Brillante

Allegro Brillante is a ballet by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major. The premiere took place, with New York City Ballet on the March 1, 1956 at the New York City Center. The ballet was created for Maria Tallchief and Nicholas Magallanes.[1] It has since been danced by other companies such as Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Paris Opera Ballet.[1][2][3][4] Tallchief called it is "an expansive Russian romanticism," and Balanchine said “it contains everything I know about the classical ballet in 13 minutes.”[5]

Allegro Brillante
Kansas City Ballet in Allegro Brillante (2013)
ChoreographerGeorge Balanchine
MusicPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Premiere1 March 1956 (1956-03-01)
New York City Center
Original ballet companyNew York City Ballet
Created forMaria Tallchief
Nicholas Magallanes
GenreNeoclassical ballet
TypeClassical ballet

Casts

Recordings

In light of the impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the performing arts, New York City Ballet released a recording featuring Tiler Peck and Andrew Veyette, recorded on January 18, 2017.[7]

References
  1. "Allegro Brillante". American Ballet Theatre.
  2. "Allegro Brillante". Pacific Northwest Ballet.
  3. "Allegro Brillante". Miami City Ballet.
  4. "Allegro brillante". MémOpéra.<
  5. "Allegro Brillante". New York City Ballet.
  6. "Balanchine-Tchaikovski". MémOpéra.
  7. "New York City Ballet Launches Digital Spring Season". Playbill. 20 April 2020.
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