Four Bagatelles is New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins' only ballet made to the music of Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 33, Nos. 4, 5, and 2 (in order of performance) and Bagatelles, Op. 126, No. 4. The premiere took place on Thursday, 10 January 1974 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. The ballet was revived for the 2008 Spring Jerome Robbins celebration.
Original cast Gelsey Kirkland Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
References
NYCBallet website Playbill, NYCB, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Playbill, City Center, Wednesday and Thursday, September 30 – October 1, 2009
New York City Ballet News, Spring 2008 Repertory Week, NYCB, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 7
Articles Sunday NY Times, Clive Barnes, May 26, 1974
Reviews
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, January 12, 1974 Sunday NY Times, Clive Barnes, February 17, 1974 Sunday NY Times, Deborah Jowitt, December 8, 1974
NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, June 12, 2008 NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, October 1, 2009