1937–1938 (II)

After its debut season Ballet Caravan became an increasingly independent organization led by Lincoln Kirstein that pursued an aesthetic agenda more explicitly American than the productions of the American Ballet. Premiering works including Filling Station and Billy the Kid, the company toured from c...

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Published inBalanchine and Kirstein's American Enterprise
Main Author Steichen, James
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 2018
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subjects
Louis Kirstein
Erick Hawkins
Eugene Loring
Lincoln Kirstein
Ballet Caravan
Billy the Kid
Lew Christensen
Filling Station
William Dollar
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Summary:After its debut season Ballet Caravan became an increasingly independent organization led by Lincoln Kirstein that pursued an aesthetic agenda more explicitly American than the productions of the American Ballet. Premiering works including Filling Station and Billy the Kid, the company toured from coast to coast and introduced audiences in both small towns and big cities to ballet. It provided choreographic experience for dancers Lew Christensen, Eugene Loring, and William Dollar and commissioned new music from composers Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. Through his work with Ballet Caravan, Kirstein hoped to broach the entertainment monopolies of CBS and NBC and displace the dominance of the Russian ballet companies active in the United States. Kirstein’s father Louis was an active advocate for the company, using his connections in corporate America to make introductions for his son.
ISBN:0190607416
9780190607418
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190607418.003.0010