Rococo Variations is the last ballet made by Christopher Wheeldon during his tenure as New York City Ballet's first resident choreographer; it was made to Tschaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme for violoncello and orchestra in A major Op. 33 (1876–77). The premiere took place on Thursday, 7 February 2008 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Holly Hynes.

Original cast

Sterling Hyltin

Sara Mearns

Giovanni Villalobos

Adrian Danchig-Waring

References

Repertory Week, NYCB, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 5

Playbill, New York City Ballet, Thursday, 29 May 2008

Reviews

NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, 9 February 2008

Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, 5 February 2008

Ballets by Christopher Wheeldon

Ballets to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2008 ballet premieres

New York City Ballet repertory

Ballets designed by Holly Hynes

Rococo Variations (ballet)