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Fancy Free (ballet)

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Fancy Free is a ballet composed in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein, with choreography by Jerome Robbins, scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love, and lighting by Ronald Bates, premiered by Ballet Theatre. It premiered on April 18, 1944 at the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and it later provided the basis for the musical On the Town.

Facts
Year Created
1944 1
Medium
Ballet 1
Location
A bar and sidewalk in New York City, wartime setting 1
Classification
Genre
Dance 1
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Ballet, Art Forms

1944 ballet, choreographed by Jerome Robbins with a score by Leonard Bernstein.

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1. Fancy Free (ballet) (Wikipedia)
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    Fancy Free is a ballet composed in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein.
  • Synopsis section, first sentence
    The scene is a bar and the outside sidewalk in New York City, in wartime.
  • Genre reference
    Fancy Free is a ballet composed in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein, with choreography by Jerome Robbins, scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love, and lighting by Ronald Bates, premiered by Ballet Theatre.
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