Sinatra Suite
Kudo and Baryshnikov in a promotional photo. Photo by Martha Swope.
Baryshnikov in an excerpt from “One For My Baby” as performed in the television special Baryshnikov By Tharp.
Premiere
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Date
6 December 1983
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Company
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Location
Washington, DC
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Music by
Frank Sinatra
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designer
Oscar de la Renta
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
2
Dance Sections
I. Strangers in the Night
II. All the Way
III. That’s Life
IV. My Way
V. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
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Runtime
00:14:00
Description
Mikhail Baryshnikov, then artistic director, commissioned Sinatra Suite for American Ballet Theatre. The piece contains four duets from Nine Sinatra Songs (1982) danced by a single couple. Tharp reworked “One For My Baby” into a solo for Baryshnikov. The closing ballad is a character study of the solitary man. Bowtie undone, he meanders through an interior investigation of his own identity. The role demands a strong actor to carry the character driven choreography of the final section.
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Commissioned by
Past Performances
American Ballet Theatre
Sinatra Suite (premiere) | American Ballet Theatre
Washington, D.C.
December 6 1983 Premiere
American Ballet Theatre
Little Ballet – Sinatra Suite | American Ballet Theatre
Washington, D.C.
December 10 1983 Repertory
American Ballet Theatre
Sinatra Suite | American Ballet Theatre
Wang Center at Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
February 1 1984 Repertory
American Ballet Theatre
Bach Partita – LittleBallet – Sinatra Suite – Push Comes To Shove | American Ballet Theater
Wang Center at Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
February 2 1984 Dance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Mozart Clarinet Quintet K.581 – Sinatra Suite (excerpts) – Westerly Round | Twyla Tharp Dance
World Trade Center
New York, NY
September 8 2001 TTD Performance
American Ballet Theatre
Sinatra Suite – In The Upper Room | American Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
October 18 2006 Repertory
American Ballet Theatre
Sinatra Suite – Junk Duet | American Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
October 19 2006 TTD Performance
Misty Copeland and Marcelo Gomes
Sinatra Suite | Misty Copeland and Marcelo Gomes
Bristol, United Kingdom
August 1 2009 Repertory
Paloma Herrera and Sascha Radetsky
Sinatra Suite | Paloma Herrera and Sascha Radetsky
Singapore
October 26 2009 Repertory
Misty Copeland and Sascha Radetsky
Sinatra Suite | Misty Copeland and Sascha Radetsky
Anaheim, CA
August 7 2010 Repertory
Novosibirsk State Ballet
Sinatra Suite | Novosibirsk State Ballet
Novosibirsk, Russia
October 6 2010 Repertory
SNG Ballet Slovenia
Baker's Dozen – Sinatra Suite | SNG Ballet Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia
October 28 2010 Repertory
American Ballet Theatre
Sinatra Suite | American Ballet Theatre
Havana, Cuba
November 5 2010 Repertory
Misty Copeland and Sascha Radetsky
Sinatra Suite | Misty Copeland and Sascha Radetsky
Charleston, WV
April 9 2011 Repertory
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Sinatra Suite | Pacific Northwest Ballet
Seattle, WA
June 12 2011 Repertory
New York City Center Studio Series
Sinatra Suite | New York City Center Studio Series
New York, NY
October 10 2011 Repertory
American Ballet Theatre
Sinatra Suite – Junk Duet – In The Upper Room | American Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
November 8 2011 Repertory
Luciana Paris and Marcelo Gomes
Sinatra Suite | Luciana Paris and Marcelo Gomes
Las Vegas, NV
March 10 2012 Repertory
Gen Horiuchi's Ballet USA
Sinatra Suite | Gen Horiuchi's Ballet USA
Hyogo, Osaka, Japan
August 30 2014 Repertory
Dutch National Ballet
Sinatra Suite | Dutch National Ballet
Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 7 2016 Repertory
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