New York City Ballet Concerto" for the occasion. He and Robbins co-choreographed and performed in "Pulcinella". Balanchine had produced an earlier Stravinsky festival in 1937 as balletmaster of the American Ballet while engaged by the Metropolitan Opera. The composer conducted the April 27th premiere of "Card Party". In 1975, Balanchine paid his respects to the French composer Maurice Ravel with a two-week "Hommage à Ravel". Balanchine, Robbins, Jacques d'Amboise, and Taras made sixteen new ballets for the occasion. Repertory ballets were performed as well. High points included Balanchine's "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and Robbins' "Mother Goose". In 1981, Balanchine planned a two-week NYCB festival
Kansas City Ballet in 1967, it performed a program at the Kansas City Music Hall featuring three guest choreographers. In 1968, the company moved to Treadway Hall on the University of Missouri–Kansas City Campus. In April 1968, choreographer Zachary Solov began a multi-year collaboration with the KCB, coming to Kansas City to choreograph and stage two world premiere ballets with the KCB: an abstract piece set to Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and a theater ballet based on Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns. The program also included performances by New York City Ballet guest artists Edward Villella and Patricia McBride. For the opening