Monthly Archives: July 2011

Choreography: Dennis Nahat Music: Johannes Brahms   Listen to the score  Premiere: American Ballet Theatre 1969 With no accessible videos on the Web and very little written about Dennis Nahat’s Brahms Quintet, I can report only on what Balanchine saw in … Continue reading →

Choreography: Eugene Loring Music: Aaron Copland    Listen to the score Premiere: Ballet Caravan 1938 Ballet Caravan, founded by Lincoln Kerstein in 1936, merged with Balanchine’s American Ballet in 1941. Later, the two men founded the New York City Ballet. … Continue reading →