The Cage (ballet)
The Cage is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to Stravinsky's Concerto in D for string orchestra, also known as the "Basel Concerto", which he was commissioned to compose on the twentieth anniversary of the chamber orchestra Basler Kammerorchester; it notably shifts between D major and minor.[1] The premiere took place on Sunday, 10 June 1951 at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with décor by Jean Rosenthal, costumes by and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. It was danced as part of City Ballet's 1982 Stravinsky Centennial Celebration.
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- Repertory Week, NYCB, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 7
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- Ballets by Jerome Robbins
- Ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky
- 1951 ballet premieres
- Ballets designed by Jennifer Tipton
- Ballets designed by Jean Rosenthal
- New York City Ballet repertory