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“Winter Dreams,” choreographed by Jerome Robbins, portrays the tragic and obsessive love story of Danny Zukowski and Kit de Fonte, set against the backdrop of 1930s New York City’s aspirations for stardom.
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Is Kenneth MacMillan's Winter Dreams based on Chekhov's Three Sisters?
Yes, MacMillan drew its characters and emotional conflicts from Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. It is a compressed one-act response to the play rather than a scene-by-scene adaptation.
Who are the central lovers in Winter Dreams?
The central affair is between Masha and Lieutenant Colonel Vershinin, both of whom are married. Their farewell pas de deux concentrates the ballet's themes of frustrated love and lives that cannot be remade.
What music is used in Winter Dreams?
The score combines piano pieces and songs by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with traditional Russian music arranged for guitar and mandolin. Philip Gammon and Thomas Hartman prepared the musical arrangements.
When did The Royal Ballet premiere Winter Dreams?
The complete ballet premiered at the Royal Opera House on February 7, 1991. Its Masha and Vershinin farewell duet had already appeared in public as a work in progress in 1990.
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