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Brahms/Handel

Name: Brahms/Handel
Description: Brahms/Handel is a neoclassical ballet choreographed by Ulysses Dove that seamlessly blends Johann Sebastian Bach’s orchestral works with George Frideric Handel’s operatic arias and instrumental pieces, creating a unique sonic and visual experience.

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Brahms/Handel is a neoclassical ballet choreographed by Ulysses Dove that seamlessly blends Johann Sebastian Bach’s orchestral works with George Frideric Handel’s operatic arias and instrumental pieces, creating a unique sonic and visual experience.

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Who choreographed Brahms/Handel?

Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp created the ballet collaboratively for New York City Ballet. It premiered in 1984 rather than being a work by Ulysses Dove.

Does Brahms/Handel use music by both Brahms and Handel?

The score is Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, orchestrated by Edmund Rubbra. Handel supplies the original musical theme, but the variations themselves are Brahms' composition.

Can you tell which sections Robbins and Tharp choreographed?

The creators exchanged, borrowed and transformed one another's movement material instead of dividing the score into plainly labeled territories. That shared method makes authorship intentionally difficult to separate onstage.

What style of dancing appears in Brahms/Handel?

The ballet brings Robbins' neoclassical craft into contact with Tharp's grounded, off-center and rhythmically casual movement. Its large cast moves through solos, ensembles and counterpoint that mirror Brahms' chain of variations.

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