2 and 3 Part Inventions

1994 ballet by Jerome Robbins

2 and 3 Part Inventions is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins on students at its affiliated school, the School of American Ballet, to Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, (1720–23). The premiere took place on Saturday, 4 June 1994 at the Juilliard Theater, Lincoln Center. The City Ballet premiere was Thursday, 19 January 1995, and it was revived for City Ballet's 90th anniversary celebration of the choreographer, performed again by students from S.A.B.

Casts

Original SAB

  • Kristina Fernandez
  • Eliane Munier
  • Riolama Lorenzo
  • Jennifer Chipman
  • Benjamin Millepied
  • Amaury Lebrun
  • Alex Ketley
  • Seth Belliston

NYCB premiere

  • Wendy Whelan
  • Jenifer Ringer
  • Samantha Allen
  • Miranda Weese
  • Ethan Stiefel
  • Alexander Ritter
  • Christopher Wheeldon
  • James Fayette

Articles

  • NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, April 5, 2005
  • NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, May 11, 1998

Reviews

  • NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, June 6, 1994
  • NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, January 21, 1995
  • NY Times, Jack Anderson, January 18, 2001
  • NY Times, Gia Kourlas, June 16, 2008

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Ballets
Musicals
Films
  • On the Town (1949), "based on an idea by Jerome Robbins"
  • West Side Story (1961)