Metastasies and Pithoprakta is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Iannis Xenakis (1953-54 and 1955-56. respectively). The premiere took place January 18, 1968, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with lighting designed by Ronald Bates.

Casts

Original

• Metastasies

22 women

6 men

• Pithoprakta

• Suzanne Farrell

7 women

• Arthur Mitchell

5 men

Suzanne Farrell Ballet

• Pithoprakta

Washington DC 2007

City Center Fall for Dance festival, September 25, 2008

• t.b.a.

External links

• NYCB website
• George Balanchine Trust website
• George Balanchine Foundation website
• NY Times review by [[Don McDonagh], January 19, 1968]
• NY Times review by [[Donal Henahan], January 19, 1968]
• NY Times review by [[Clive Barnes], January 22, 1968]
• NY Times review by [[Alastair Macaulay], November 27, 2007]
• Washington Post article, November 16, 2007
• Washington Post review, November 16, 2007
• Ballet.co review, November, 2007