Bayou (ballet)

This article is about Balanchine's 1952 ballet. For other uses, see Bayou (disambiguation).

Bayou is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to Virgil Thomson's Acadian Songs and Dances (1947). The premiere took place on 21 February 1952 at City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Original cast

• Francisco Moncion
• Doris Breckenridge
• Melissa Hayden

• Hugh Laing
• Diana Adams
• Herbert Bliss

Reviews

• NY Times by John Martin, 22 February 1952

Articles

• NY Times by Joseph Carman, 28 February 1999

External links

• Balanchine Foundation website
• Balanchine Trust website
• NYCB website