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Le baiser de la fée
Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss) is a ballet in one act and four scenes composed by Igor
Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. Based Le Baiser de la fée
on Hans Christian Andersen's short story Isjomfruen (English: The Ice-Maiden), the work is an Choreographer Bronislava
homage to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for the 35th anniversary of the composer's death. Stravinsky Nijinska
elaborated several melodies from early piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky in his score. A Music Igor Stravinsky
commission by Ida Rubinstein from 1927, the ballet was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and
premiered in Paris on 27 November 1928.[1] Premiere 27 November
1928

In 1937, Balanchine made a full-length ballet for his American Ballet, which premiered on 27 April, Paris
at the Old Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. His 1950 version premiered on 28 November, Original ballet Ballets Russes
at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, at which time it was presented under the English
company
translation of the title, The Fairy's Kiss (the original French title has since been restored).
Genre Neoclassical
In 1960 Kenneth MacMillan choreographed his own version for The Royal Ballet. ballet
Type classical ballet

Contents
Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée
Casts
American Ballet
New York City Ballet: Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée
Original cast: Stravinsky Festival 1972
NYCB revivals of Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée
Winter 1987
Spring 2005
Winter 2006
Spring 2008
References
Sources

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Reviews

Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée

The Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée is a concert suite for orchestra based on music from the ballet. Stravinsky arranged it in
collaboration with Samuel Dushkin in 1934 and revised it in 1949. It has four movements:

I. Sinfonia
II. Danses suisses
III. Scherzo (Au moulin)
IV. Pas de deux
a. Adagio
b. Variation
c. Coda

In 1932 Samuel Dushkin and the composer produced a version for violin and piano, using
the same title. Another episode from the
ballet was arranged for violin and piano by Dushkin with the title Ballad. However, the latter only received the composer’s assent in
1947 after the French violinist Jeanne Gautier put forward an arrangement.

In his conversations with Robert Craft, Stravinsky did not specify which Tchaikovsky pieces he drew upon,[2] but "Danses suisses"
quotes one of the more easily identifiable Tchaikovsky themes, the "Humoresque" from Two Pieces, Opus 10 (1871).[3]

Balanchine created an entirely new work for the City Ballet's Stravinsky Festival, using excerpts from the concert suite and the original
ballet. The premiere took place on 21 June 1972, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. In 1974, Balanchine incorporated
Tchaikovsky's "None but the Lonely Heart" for a new pas de deux.

Casts

American Ballet
Kathryn Mullowny
Gisella Caccialanza
Leda Anchutina
Annabelle Lyon
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William Dollar

New York City Ballet: Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée

Original cast: Stravinsky Festival 1972

Patricia McBride
Bettijane Sills
Carol Sumner
Helgi Tomasson

NYCB revivals of Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée

Winter 1987
Patricia McBride
Robert La Fosse

Spring 2005
Megan Fairchild
Amanda Edge
Dena Abergel
Joaquín De Luz

Winter 2006
Megan Fairchild
Amanda Edge
Carrie Lee Riggins
Joaquín De Luz

Spring 2008
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Megan Fairchild
Faye Arthurs
Alina Dronova
Joaquín De Luz

References
1. IMSLP: List of works by Igor Stravinsky (http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Igor_Stravinsky); Retrieved 6 April 2013
2. Craft, Robert (2002). Memories and Commentaries. London: Faber and Faber. p. 167. ISBN 0-571-21163-1.
3. Judd, Timothy (January 24, 2020). " "The Fairy's Kiss": Stravinsky's Musical Homage to Tchaikovsky" (https://thelistenersclub.com/2
020/01/24/the-fairys-kiss-stravinskys-musical-homage-to-tchaikovsky/). The Listeners' Club. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

Sources
Playbill, New York City Ballet, Friday, June 20, 2008 Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008
repertory, week 8

Reviews
NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/arts/dance/
09whee.html) Alastair Macaulay, February 9, 2008
NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/arts/dance/
30ball.html) Jennifer Dunning, May 30, 2006
NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/30/arts/dance/
30dive.html) Gia Kourlas, May 30, 2005
NY Times by (https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9
B0DEFDF1731F930A15752C1A961948260) Anna Kisselgoff,
November 23, 1987
NY Times by (https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9
D00E5DA1338F930A25755C0A967948260) Anna Kisselgoff,
June 13, 1981
NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/20/archives/cit
y-ballet-le-baises-de-la-fee-divertimento-city-ballets-cage.html)
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NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/04/archives/hel
gi-tomasson-stars-in-divertimento.html) Anna Kisselgoff,
February 4, 1974
NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/22/archives/da
nce-more-glimpses-of-stravinsky.html) Clive Barnes, June 22,
1972
NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/1951/11/26/archives/cit
y-ballet-gives-stravinsky-night-he-conducts-revival-of-the.html)
John Martin, November 26, 1951
Sunday New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1937/05/30/
archives/the-dance-seasons-end-retrospect-of-the-years-new-w
orks-and.html) by John Martin, May 30, 1937
Sunday NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/1937/05/02/arc
hives/the-dance-new-ballets-american-companys-stravinsky-pr
ogram-federal.html) John Martin, May 2, 1937
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Anna Kisselgoff, November 20, 1979 NY Times by (https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/28/archives/str

avinsky-leads-ballet-premiere-composer-conducts-own-card-pa
rty.html) John Martin, April 28, 1937

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