Allegro Brillante
George Balanchine
The Australian Ballet
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting The Australian Ballet for the presentation of Allegro Brillante by George Balanchine interpreted by The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School as part of DanceX.
Allegro Brillante is one of George Balanchine’s most joyous, pure dance pieces. Described by the ballerina Maria Tallchief, on whom the bravura leading role was created, as “expansive Russian romanticism”, Allegro Brillante is set to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Originally intended as his Sixth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s composition moves at a vigorous pace, making the steps appear even more difficult, but the ballet relies on strong dancing, precise timing and breadth of gesture.
Balanchine described this ballet as a concentrated essay in the extended classical vocabulary, in which a maximum amount of choreographic development is contained within a rather restricted area of time and space.
George Balanchine
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels presents the program BALANCHINE: THREE SIGNATURE WORKS in collaboration with the Royal Ballet and Opera as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival in London.
The Australian Ballet
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting The Australian Ballet for the presentation of 5 shows as part of DanceX.
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DanceX
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting The Australian Ballet for the presentation of 5 shows as part of DanceX.
