Spring Performance: Short Ballets

The one-act ballet is a repertory staple for all ballet companies. Short ballets in the Westside Ballet repertory include Valse Fantaisie (pictured here) and Serenade. These short ballets are performed by advanced students and often anchor the Spring Performance, opening or closing each act.

Concerto Barocco

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography: George Balanchine
Year Performed: 2005, 2000

Divertimento No. 15

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography: George Balanchine
Year Performed: 2006

Meditations

Music: Jules Massenet (from Thais)
Choreography: Jacques d’Amboise
Year Performed: 2012 (Chung Myung Park and Evan Swenson), 2008 (Erin Rivera-Brennand and Maco Doussias), 2005 (Katie Gaydos and Domingo Rubio), 1999 (Christina Gibbs and Anthony Gordon)

Pas de Quatre

Music: Cesar Pugni
Choreography: Jules Perrot
Year Performed: 1995, 1994

Serenade

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: George Balanchine
Year Performed: 2004, 1999, 1994

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: George Balanchine
Year Performed: 2001, 1994

Valse Fantaisie

Music: Mikhail Glinka
Choreography: George Balanchine (1953 version, with three female dancers and one male)
Year Performed: 2008, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1995 (Also performed by alumni dancers at Gala 2002)