Brahms/Handel

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.

Casts

Original

Merrill Ashley Maria Calegari

Ib Andersen Bart Cook

NYCB revivals

2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration

Main article: Jerome Robbins celebration

first cast

Ashley Bouder[1] Wendy Whelan[1]

Philip Neal[1] Andrew Veyette[1]

second cast

Abi Stafford[1] Sara Mearns[1]

Gonzalo Garcia[1] Jared Angle[1]