Balanchine: New York City Ballet in Montreal, Vol.2 (DVD)

This second volume of George Balanchine works danced by New York City Ballet includes three complete ballets: Concerto Barocco, starring Diana Adams, Tanaquil Le Clercq, and Jacques d’Amboise; Pas de Dix, which features principal dancers Maria Tallchief and André Eglevsky; and Agon, a work Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky created for NYCB in 1957. This historic performance – introduced by Balanchine himself – includes original cast members Diana Adams, Arthur Mitchell, Todd Bolender, and Roy Tobias. Rounding out the disc is a performance of the Grand pas de deux from The Nutcracker danced by Adams and Nicholas Magallanes.
Black & White, 69 minutes, 4:3, NTSC (Playable all regions)

CONCERTO BAROCCO
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by J.S. Bach (Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043)
Principal Dancers: Diana Adams, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Jacques d’Amboise
Corps de ballet: Ann Crowell, Constance Garfield, Carolyn George, Irene Larsson, Patricia Savoia, and Barbara Walczak
Orchestre de Radio-Canada
Solo violinists: Henryk Szeryng, Noël Brunet
Arthur Davison, conductor
(Telecast of January 19, 1956)

PAS DE DIX
Choreography by George Balanchine, after Petipa’s Raymonda
Music by Alexander Glazunov
Principal Dancers: Maria Tallchief, André Eglevsky
Soloists: Barbara Fallis, Barbara Milberg, Ruth Sobotka, Barbara Walczak, Shaun O’Brien, Richard Rapp, Roland Vazquez, Jonathan Watts
Orchestre de Radio-Canada
Jean Deslauriers, conductor
(Telecast of November 5, 1957)

AGON (introduced by Balanchine)
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Diana Adams, Violette Verdy, Jillana, Francia Russell, Todd Bolender, Arthur Mitchell, Richard Rapp, Roy Tobias, Susan Borree, Carole Fields, and Marlene Mesavage
Orchestre de Radio-Canada
Robert Irving, conductor
(Telecast of March 10, 1960)

Grand pas de deux from THE NUTCRACKER
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Diana Adams, Nicholas Magallanes