Four Schumann Pieces
Hans van Manen
Premiere
31 January 1975, London
Company
The Royal Ballet
Running time
32 minutes
Nr. of dancers
11
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Dutch National Ballet (1995) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Dutch National Ballet (1995) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Dutch National Ballet (1976) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Dutch National Ballet (1995) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
First cast
Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Marguerite Porter, Wayne Eagling, Julian Hosking, David Ashmole, Mark Silver, Wendy Ellis, Michael Corder, Wendy Groombridge, Derek Deane
Music
Robert Schumann - String Quartet in A Major, Opus 41, No. 3 (performed at the London premiere by the Alberni String Quartet; during later performances in the Netherlands an arrangement for string orchestra by Martin Yates was - and is - used)