Monotones
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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'.
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| 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
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