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267:, though it had little impact on their artistic collaborations. Though Tallchief was known for her dazzling dancing style, her role in this ballet required more light and graceful techniques. Wilde believed that in emulating Scottish highland dance, the dancers became prone to injuries, including "terrible calf cramps and shin splints." 244:
and Scottish highland dance performances, Balanchine decided to make a Scottish-themed ballet. Development of the ballet began after the company returned to New York. He chose to set the ballet to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, also inspired by a visit to Scotland, but removed the first movement,
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wrote, "Choreographically, the ballet contains many steps, gestures and poses allusive of the romantic era." She also noted the lead ballerina role "requires a high level of technique tempered by lightness, grace, and the quality of an otherworldly vision." Dancer
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and a solo for the girl. The second movement is an adagio danced by a ballerina and her partner. Though it is plotless, Balanchine wrote that it "represents ... the general mood and atmosphere of the romantic ballet as epitomized in such ballets as
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as the two other dancers in the pas de trois. While working on the ballet, Balanchine and Tallchief were in the process of having their marriage
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in St. Petersburg, where he had danced in the 1920s as a student and young professional dancer before leaving for the West.
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originated the two lead roles, while Patricia Wilde created the female role in the first movement, along Frank Hobi and
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landscape. He has invented a classic ballet based on atmosphere and music, with an affectionate nod to the
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as "one of those Balanchine ballets ... that hover between romance and comedy or pastiche." Author
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Balanchine wishes to evoke the sweep and freshness, the brilliance and strength inherent in the
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designed the women's costumes while David Ffolkes designed the men's. Horace Armistead and
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Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet
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which Balanchine found to be "not appropriate for dance." He also decided to evoke
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noted that Balanchine asked the dancers to be on their toes to emulate
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Other ballet companies that performed the ballet include the
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Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York City Ballet
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The first movement features a girl and boys, all in
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George Balanchine: Ballet Master : a Biography
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Index

George Balanchine
Felix Mendelssohn
City Center of Music and Drama
New York City Ballet
Karinska
Jean Rosenthal
George Balanchine
Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
romantic ballet
La Sylphide
New York City Ballet
City Center of Music and Drama
Highland
romantic tradition
La Sylphide
Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
Richard Buckle
Nancy Reynolds
Patricia Wilde
Scottish highland dancing
kilts
pas de trois
variations
New York City Ballet
Edinburgh Festival
George Balanchine
Searchlight Tattoo
military tattoo
bagpipe
Maria Tallchief

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