Word: barocco
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...remainder of Tuesday night's lengthy program consisted of "L'Apres Midi d'un Faune" and "Concerto Barocco." Despite amateurish scenery and the unexplained and crippling absence of Maitre de Ballet Frederic Franklin from the lead, the music, in the hands of the group's competent orchestra, provided enough enjoyment to make the Debussy ballet almost worthwhile...
...Monte Carlo wound up its longest run of ballet in Manhattan history. Two reasons for its success: Chief Choreographer George Balanchine. Prima Ballerina Alexandra Danilova, once his wife. Of 24 ballets in the Ballet Russe's Manhattan repertory this season, eight were Balanchine's. The best, Concerto Barocco, consisted of a few hippy girls in black swim suits, against a plain blackdrop, contorting their bodies in strict but living counterpoint to Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D Minor. It had none of the splendiferous sets and costumes, the "story" told in pantomime, or the applause-bidding...
Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins and orchestra (Adolf Busch Chamber Players; Columbia, 4 sides). The music to which Ballet Russe dances its new Concerto Barocco. Performance: competent but not exciting...