American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco

This is a companion piece to “American Ballet Theatre at the Met” and features five short ballets including two pas de deaux performed by the American Ballet Theater at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra on 1st March 1985. Artistic director: Mikhail Baryshnikov. Airs: Music by George Frideric Handel, choreography by Paul Taylor, conducted by Paul Connelly and featuring dancers Peter Fonseca, Johan Renvall, Lisa Rinehart. Jardin aux lilas (Lilac garden): Music by Ernest Chausson, choreography by Antony Tudor, conducted by Alan Barker and featuring dancers Leslie Browne, Martine Van Hamel, Robert La Fosse, Michael Owen. The Black swan from Swan Lake (Act III): Pas de deaux. Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, choreography by Marius Petipa, conducted by Alan Barker and featuring dancers Cynthia Gregory, Fernando Bujones. Romeo and Juliet - Balcony pas de deux (Act I): Music by Sergei Prokofiev, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, conducted by Alan Barker and featuring dancers Natalia Makarova, Kevin McKenzie. Great galloping Gottschalk: Music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, conducted by Paul Connelly and featuring dancers Susan Jaffe, Robert La Fosse.