| Premiere date: | December 01, 1949 | | Premiered at: | New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama | | Music: | Marche Joyeuse (1888); BourrŽe Fantasque (1891); PrŽlude from the opera Gwendoline (1885), FŽte Polonaise from the comic opera Le Roi MalgrŽ Lui (The Reluctant King) (1887) by Emmanuel Chabrier | | Decor: | | | Lighting: | Jean Rosenthal | | Costumes: | Barbara Karinska | | Book: | | | Plot: | |
| Choreography George Balanchine
Original Cast Tanaquil Leclerq
Herbert Bliss
Maria Tallchief
Nicholas Magallanes
Janet Reed
In Repertory |
