Antique Epigraphs

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Antique Epigraphs is a ballet made on New

York City Ballet by ballet master Jerome
Robbins to an orchestrated version of
Debussy's Six épigraphes antiques, L131,
for piano, four hands, from 1914:

“Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été”

“Pour un tombeau sans nom”
“Pour que la nuit soit propice”
 “Pour la danseuse aux crotales”
“Pour l'égyptienne”
“Pour remercier la pluie au matin”

and his Syrinx, L129, a melody for

unaccompanied flute from 1913. Six
épigraphes antiques were originally written
to accompany Pierre Louys' Les Chansons
de Bilitis, prose poetry which was
purported to be a translation of freshly
discovered autobiographical verse by a
lover and contemporary of Sappho. The
premiere took place on February 2, 1984,
at the New York State Theater, Lincoln
Center, with costumes by Florence Klotz
and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.
Casts

Original …

Kyra Nichols
Stephanie Saland
Helene Alexopoulos
Victoria Hall
Maria Calegari
Simone Schumacher
Jerri Kumery
Florence Fitzgerald

NYCB revivals …

2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins …

celebration

Sara Mearns
Rebecca Krohn
Rachel Rutherford
Teresa Reichlen

Notes

Articles
NY Times by Anna Kisselgoff, February
12, 1984

Reviews
 NY Times by Anna Kisselgoff, February
4, 1984
NY Times by Jack Anderson, February
21, 1984

NY Times by Jack Anderson, June 18,

1984
NY Times by Gia Kourlas, May 17, 2008

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