List of ballets by George Balanchine


This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine, New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master.

Chronological

Alphabetical

By company

For Ballets Russes

Le Chant du rossignol Jack in the Box Pastorale Barabau La Chatte Le Triomphe de Neptune Apollo The Prodigal Son
  • ''Le Bal''

For Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo

Cotillon Concurrence Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Balustrade Danses concertantes Song of Norway Pas de Deux La Sonnambula The Night Shadow

For Les Ballets 1933

The Seven Deadly Sins Errante Les Songes
  • ''Fastes''

For the American Ballet

Alma Mater Les Songes Mozartiana Serenade Errante Reminiscence Jeu de cartes
  • ''Le Baiser de la Fée''

For Broadway

  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
  • * Words without Music: A Surrealist Ballet, a production number for the singing and dancing ensemble
  • * Night Flight, a solo for Harriet Hoctor
  • * 5 A.M., a number for Josephine Baker and male dancers
  • On Your Toes, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart; starring Tamara Geva and Ray Bolger. This dramatic ballet served as the climax of this musical production and has subsequently been presented as a stand-alone piece; however, several of the sung numbers in the show featured dance routines as well, notably the title number.
  • * Princess Zenobia Ballet
  • * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. Babes in Arms, by Rodgers and HartI Married an Angel, by Rodgers and Hart; starring Vera ZorinaThe Boys from Syracuse, by Rodgers and HartGreat Lady, music by Frederick LoeweKeep Off the Grass, a musical revueLouisiana Purchase, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; with William Gaxton and Vera ZorinaCabin in the Sky, music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by John Latouche; starring Ethel Waters and Katherine Dunham, who collaborated with Balanchine on the choreographyThe Lady Comes Across, by Duke and Latouche; a notable flopRosalinda, an operetta with music by Johann StraussThe Merry Widow, an operetta with music by Franz LehárWhat's Up?, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick LoeweDream with Music, a musical fantasy starring Vera ZorinaSong of Norway, an operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg; Balanchine's most successful Broadway showMr. Strauss Goes to Boston, another flopThe Chocolate Soldier, an operetta with music by Oscar StrausWhere's Charley? lyrics and music by Frank Loesser, a long-running show starring Ray BolgerCourtin' Time, music and lyrics by Don Walker and Jack LawrenceHouse of Flowers, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Truman Capote and Harold Arlen; starring Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, and Juanita Hall; Balanchine's choreography was rearranged by Herbert Ross before the Broadway opening

For Hollywood

The Goldwyn Follies, with Vera Zorina and William Dollar as principal dancers
  • * "Romeo and Juliet," with ballet dancers as the Capulets and tap dancers as the Montagues
  • * "Water Nymph Ballet," in which Zorina rose from the depths of a poolOn Your Toes, the film version of the Broadway show, starring Vera Zorina and Eddie AlbertI Was an Adventuress, starring Vera ZorinaStar Spangled Rhythm, a wartime morale booster for military troops
  • * "That Old Black Magic," sung by Johnny Johnston, danced by Vera ZorinaFollow the Boys, with Vera Zorina and George Raft

For American Ballet Caravan

Ballet Imperial

For the Ballet del Teatro de Colón

  • Mozart ''Violin Concerto''

For Ballet Theatre

For Ballet Society

The Four Temperaments L'enfant et Les Sortilèges Haieff Divertimento Symphonie Concertante

For the Paris Opera Ballet

For Le Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas

  • ''Pas de Trois Classique''

For New York City Ballet

La Sonnambula Bourrée Fantasque The Firebird Sylvia Pas De Deux Swan Lake La Valse Harlequinade Pas De Deux Metamorphoses Caracole Scotch Symphony Valse Fantaisie The Nutcracker Ivesiana Western Symphony Glinka Pas De Trois Pas De Dix Divertimento No. 15 Allegro Brillante Agon Square Dance Gounod Symphony Stars and Stripes Episodes Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Monumentum pro Gesualdo Donizetti Variations Liebeslieder Walzer Raymonda Variations A Midsummer Night's Dream Bugaku Meditation Movements for Piano and Orchestra Harlequinade Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet Jewels

For New York City Opera