Monotones

Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
Music title: Trois gymnopédies (1888)
Orchestrator: Achille-Claude Debussy
Orchestrator: Roland-Manuel
Work definition: Pas de trois
Notes: When the original 'Monotones' pas de trois (1965) was taken into the repertoire of The Royal Ballet, Ashton created another pas de trois to be performed before the original, creating a longer work. Since then, when the original 1965 work is performed on its own, it is often called 'Monotones II'.
World premiere: 24 March 1965, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ROH premiere: 24 March 1965, The Royal Ballet
ROH company premiere: 24 March 1965, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Related work: Monotones Nos. 1 and 2
Productions
Monotones (1965) The Royal Ballet (28 performances online)
Monotones II (2011) The Royal Ballet School (1 performance online)

Performances not linked to a production
17 July 1974 Evening 8.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London