AIRS
Music GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Choreography PAUL TAYLOR
Reconstructed by EILEEN CROPLEY
Conductor PAUL CONNELLY

The musical selections for Airs are excerpts from Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op.3, Alcina, Ariodante, Berenice and Solomon.

JARDIN AUX LILAS
Music ERNEST CHAUSSON
Choreography ANTONY TUDOR
Conductor ALAN BARKER
LESLIE BROWNE · MARTINE VAN HAMEL · ROBERT LA FOSSE · MICHAEL OWEN

Caroline, about to enter upon a marriage of convenience, attends a farewell party to precede the ceremony. Among the guests are the man she really loves and the woman who, unknown to her, has been her fiancé's mistress. Quick meetings and interrupted confidences end with Caroline leaving on the arm of her betrothed, never having satisfied her desperate longing for a final kiss.

THE BLACK SWAN
Grand Pas de deux from Act III, Swan Lake
Music P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY
Choreography MARIUS PETIPA
Conductor ALAN BARKER
CYNTHIA GREGORY · FERNANDO BUJONES

ROMEO AND JULIET
Balcony Pas de deux from Act I
Music SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN
Conductor ALAN BARKER
NATALIA MAKAROVA · KEVIN MCKENZIE

After the Ball where Romeo and Juliet have met, Juliet is unable to sleep and comes out on her balcony. She is thinking of Romeo, when suddenly he appears in the garden. They confess their love for each other.

GREAT GALLOPING GOTTSCHALK
Music LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Choreography LYNN TAYLOR-CORBETT
Conductor PAUL CONNELLY

Great Galloping Gottschalk was created for American Ballet Theatre and premiered in January 1982. The musical selections are Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico, The Dying Poet, Tournament Galop, La savane / O ma charmante, Le bananier and Manchega.