Ballet

Brahms/Handel

Brahms/Handel is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp to music by Johannes Brahms, first performed in 1984. Brahms/Handel is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins in collaboration with Twyla Tharp…

Choreography
Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp
Music
Johannes Brahms
Premiere
1984
First performed at
David H. Koch Theater

About the work

Brahms/Handel is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins in collaboration with Twyla Tharp to Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (1861), orchestrated by Edmund Rubbra. The premiere took place Thursday, June 7, 1984 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Oscar de la Renta and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.

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