In the Night (ballet)

This article is about Jerome Robbins' 1970 ballet. For other uses, see In the Night (ballet) (disambiguation).

In the Night is a ballet in one act made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to solo piano music of Chopin:

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (1835)

Nocturnes in F minor and E flat major, Op. 55, Nos. 1 and 2 (1843)

Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (1830–31)

The premiere took place on Thursday, January 29, 1970 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Anthony Dowell and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music: The Concert (1956), Dances at a Gathering (1969), and Other Dances (1976), made on Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.

Casts

Original

• Kay Mazzo
• Violette Verdy
• Patricia McBride

• Anthony Blum
• Peter Martins
• Francisco Moncion

NYCB revivals

1981 Winter

• Stephanie Saland
• Kyra Nichols
• Heather Watts

• Cornel Crabtree
• Adam Luders
• Peter Frame

1994 Spring

• Darci Kistler
• Kyra Nichols
• Yvonne Borree

• Jock Soto
• Adam Luders
• Robert La Fosse

2000 Spring

• Rachel Rutherford
• Maria Kowroski
• Jenifer Ringer

• Arch Higgins
• Philip Neal
• James Fayette

2006 Winter

• Rachel Rutherford
• Kyra Nichols
• Wendy Whelan

• Tyler Angle
• Philip Neal
• Sébastien Marcovici

2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration

• Rachel Rutherford
• Sara Mearns
• Wendy Whelan

• Tyler Angle
• Charles Askegard
• Jared Angle

other companies

San Francisco Ballet, 2008 Fall for Dance festival

• Yuan Yuan Tan
• Sofiane Sylve
• Lorena Feijoo

• Ruben Martin
• Tiit Helimets
• Pierre-François Vilanoba

References

• Playbill, NYCB, Thursday, June 5, 2008

• Repertory Week, NYCB, Winter season, 2008 repertory, week 6

Reviews

• NY Times, Clive Barnes, January 30, 1970
• Sunday NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, January 18, 1976
• NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, January 8, 1981

• NY Times, Jack Anderson, January 14, 1986
• NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, June 8, 1994
• NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, May 2, 2000
• NY Times, Claudia La Rocco, February 11, 2006

External links

• NYCB website

• Robbins Foundation and Trust website