Apollon Musagète
Ballet by George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky
Apollo is a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed in 1928 by twenty-four-year-old George Balanchine, with the composer contributing the libretto. The scenery and costumes were... Wikipedia
Composers: George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky
Premiere: 27 April 1928 (Bolm); 12 June 1928 (Balanchine); Washington, D.C. (Bolm); Paris (Balanchine)
Characters: Apollo; three Muses: Calliope, the muse of poetry; Polyhymnia, the muse of rhetoric; Terpsichore, the muse of dance
Choreographer: Adolph Bolm, George Balanchine
Design: André Bauchant
Genre: Neoclassical ballet