Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (ballet) illness, as well as from Peter Martins, who choreographed one scene near the end of the ballet. By staging the ballet with the New York City Opera instead of Balanchine's customary New York City Ballet, the production was able to use Nureyev, who was not a member of NYCB. Costumes and sets were designed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. The premiere took place on 8 April 1979 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, as part of a double bill with Henry Purcell's short opera "Dido and Aeneas". 1979 opening night cast: On 22 May 1980, the New York City Ballet
Short list of New York City Ballet repertory and ending Monday, October 12th. This is the list of ballets for the 2011 Winter tour to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, beginning Thursday, March 3, and ending Monday, March 7. This is the list of ballets for the 2011 Spring tour to the Kennedy Center, beginning Tuesday, April 5, and ending Sunday, April 10th. This is the list of ballets for the 2011 Summer tour, beginning at the Vail International Dance Festival, Vail, Colorado, Sunday, July 1, and finishing at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts Sunday, August 7. Short list of New York City Ballet repertory New