Birmingham Royal Ballet

Elisha Willis and César Morales; photo: Bill Cooper

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Pomp and Circumstances

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Coppélia
Darkness and Light
Giselle
La Fille mal gardée
Penguin Café
The Nutcracker
The Prince of the Pagodas
The Sleeping Beauty
Three of a Kind

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Serenade

What's it about?
George Balanchine is one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century. In making Serenade, he went to great lengths to say that although there isn’t an underlying story to this ballet, it is a beautiful visual accompaniment to Tchaikovsky’s music.

Performance length

Approx 0 hours and 34 minutes

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Credits

Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography George Balanchine
Staging Patricia Neary
Costumes Karinska
Lighting Peter Teigen

World premiere

The American Ballet, 1 March 1935, Adelphi Theatre, New York

First performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet

22 February 1994, Birmingham Hippodrome

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