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The Firebird

Sergei Prokofiev's *The Firebird* is a ballet commissioned for the Bolshoi Theatre in 1910. It tells the story of Prince...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Fokine

9.0 Excellent

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Petrushka

Petrushka is a one-act ballet exploring themes of love and loss through a compelling narrative. Stravinsky’s distinctive...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Fokine

8.9 Great

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Fancy Free (revival)

George Balanchine’s “Fancy Free,” originally created in 1953, is a one-act ballet for dancers of the New York City Balle...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Robbins

8.8 Great

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Daphnis and Chloé

Georges Mendès France’s *Daphnis et Chloé* is a significant ballet from the 20th century. It tells the story of an idyll...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Ravel

8.5 Great

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Afternoon of a Faun

George Balanchine’s *Afternoon of a Faun* is a ballet commissioned for Margaret Harwood. Created in 1915, it portrays a...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Debussy

8.5 Great

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Scheherazade

Scheherazade is a one-act ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev based on music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The work draws...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Fokine

8.5 Great

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The Moor's Pavane

Claude Debussy’s *The Moor’s Pavane* is a ballet score from 1904. It utilizes orchestral arrangements inspired by Englis...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Purcell

8.5 Great

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Marguerite and Armand

Marguerite and Armand is a ballet by Martha Graham, set to Liszt's Piano Sonata in B Minor. The work portrays a tragic l...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Ashton

8.4 Great

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The Dream

George Balanchine's *The Dream* is a one-act ballet set to Mendelssohn’s incidental music. It tells a surreal narrative...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Ashton

8.2 Great

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Enigma Variations

The Enigma Variations is a ballet choreographed by Margaret Duffield in 1969. It adapts Ralph Vaughan Williams’ orchestr...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Ashton

8.1 Great

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A Month in the Country

“A Month in the Country” is a ballet score composed by Terence Davies adapting Thomas Hardy’s novel. It tells a tragic s...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Chopin

8.0 Great

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The Judas Tree

“The Judas Tree” is a ballet by Jiří Kylián exploring themes of betrayal and regret. The work utilizes minimalist stagin...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Macmillan

8.0 Great

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Las Hermanas

'Las Hermanas' is a one-act narrative ballet choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan for The Royal Ballet, with its premi...

Martin Narrative 20TH Century One Act

7.8 Good

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The Cage

George Balanchine’s *The Cage* is a stark, minimalist ballet set to Penderecki's unsettling string compositions, depicti...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Stravinsky

7.8 Good

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The Rake's Progress

“The Rake’s Progress” is a three-act ballet opera by Igor Stravinsky and Ashton, depicting the decadent exploits of Henr...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act De Valois

7.8 Good

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Age of Anxiety

George Balanchine’s *Age of Anxiety*, set to Duke Ellington’s jazz compositions, portrays the pervasive fear and uncerta...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Robbins

7.8 Good

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Winter Dreams

“Winter Dreams,” choreographed by Jerome Robbins, portrays the tragic and obsessive love story of Danny Zukowski and Kit...

Russia Narrative 20TH Century One Act

7.7 Good

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Le Baiser de la fée

“Le Baiser de la Fée,” choreographed by Michel Degivoud in 1976, depicts a young man and a fairy princess’s passionate,...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Stravinsky

7.7 Good

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Different Drummer

“Different Drummers” is a contemporary ballet exploring the complex relationship between a young soldier and his estrang...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act Macmillan

7.3 Good

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Job

Samuel Beckett’s *Waiting for Godot* is a two-act absurdist play featuring Vladimir and Estragon who endlessly wait by a...

Narrative 20TH Century One Act De Valois

7.3 Good