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.
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Year Created LocationA bar and sidewalk in New York City, wartime setting 1 Medium
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1944 ballet, choreographed by Jerome Robbins with a score by Leonard Bernstein.
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Fancy Free is a ballet composed in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein.
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The scene is a bar and the outside sidewalk in New York City, in wartime.
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Fancy Free is a ballet composed in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein. The Ballet Theatre premiered the ballet with choreography by Jerome Robbins, scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love, and lighting by Ronald Bates.
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