Jarabe Tapatio - Minuet - The Porcelain Princess and the Mandarin - Slavonic Dance

Jarabe Tapatio - Minuet - The Porcelain Princess and the Mandarin - Slavonic Dance (1958) was a ballet production by The Norwegian National Opera. The production was performed before the Norwegian Opera moved in to Folketeateret. It consists of four ballets choreographed by Algeranoff:

Jarabe Tapatio, to Mexican folk music.

Minuetmusic by Claude Debussy (1958)

The Porcelain Princess and the Mandarin, music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Slavonic Dance, music by Antonin Dvorak.

The ballet production was performed in Folketeateret in 1959; in this performance Minuet was replaced with: 

Swan Lake: Pas de trois, music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1959)

Information

(Objekt ID 68631)
Object type Production
Premiere 1958
Produced by The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet
Based on Swan Lake by Peter Tsjaikovskij, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov
Audience Adults
Keywords Ballet
Running period 1958  
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SOURCE:

Repertoire archive, The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 18.05.2018.

Contributors (9)
Name Role
Harcourt Algeranoff – Choreography (Jarabe Tapatio / Menuett / Porselensprinsessen og mandarinen / Slavisk dans )
Marius Petipa – Choreography (Svanesjøen)
Istvàn Pajor – Musical direction
Claude Debussy – Music (Menuett -1958)
Antonin Dvorak – Music (Slavisk dans)
Peter Tsjaikovskij – Music (Porselensprinsessen og mandarinen / Svanesjøen -1959)
Rahe Raheny – Stage design (Svanesjøen)
Harcourt Algeranoff – Costume design
Ivar Ferdinand Karlsen – Costume design (Svanesjøen)
Performance dates
February 25, 1959Hovedscenen i Folketeaterbygningen New opening
1958 Opening night