Ives, Songs is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to songs of Charles Ives:

"The Children's Hour" "Memories, Part A: Very Pleasant" "Waltz" "The Cage" "The See'r" "Two Little Flowers" "At the River and Serenity" "He is There" "Tom Sails Away" "White Gulls" "Songs My Mother Taught Me" "There is a Lane" "In Summer Fields" from the "Incantation" "Autumn" "Like a Sick Eagle" "Elegie"

Ives, Songs

The premiere took place on February 4, 1988 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with scenery by David Mitchell, costumes by Florence Klotz and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. The singer was Timothy Nolen and the pianist Gordon Boelzner. Other works to the music of Ives in the City Ballet repertory include Peter Martins' Calcium Light Night, George Balanchine's Ivesiana and Eliot Feld's The Unanswered Question.

Ives, Songs

Original cast

Maria Calegari

Stacy Caddell

Katrina Killian

Margaret Tracey

Lauren Hauser

Melinda Roy

Lisa Jackson

Florence Fitzgerald

Stephanie Saland

Alexandre Proia

Jeppe Mydtskov

Laurence Matthews

Michael Byars

Tom Gold

Robert Lyon

Damian Woetzel

Philip Neal

Jeffrey Edwards

Otto Neubert

Footnotes

References

Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 5

Playbill, New York City Ballet, Friday, May 30, 2008

Articles

Reviews

NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, February 6, 1988

NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, February 11, 2008

NY Times review by Roslyn Sulcas, May 29, 2008

Ballets by Jerome Robbins

Ballets to the music of Charles Ives

Ballets designed by David Mitchell

Ballets designed by Florence Klotz

Ballets designed by Jennifer Tipton

1988 ballet premieres

New York City Ballet repertory

Ives, Songs