STAGE TUBE: Antony Tudor's LILAC GARDEN Premiere, January 26, 1936

Lilac Garden was first presented by Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre) at the Center Theatre on January 15, 1940. Although it has remained in the repertoire since then, it is infrequently revived, as are the other extant Tudor ballets. This is a pity because Tudor's works deserve repeated viewings. We are touched us by the emotions and sentiments they so vividly suggest by their restraint and self-possession.

Luckily there are some videos which tell us why Tudor was considered the psychologist of ballet. After viewing them you might want to attend a performance of Lilac Garden the next time it is performed.

JARDIN AUX LILAS
Dancers (from left): Hugh Laing, Maude Lloyd, Antony Tudor, and Peggy Van Praagh
(Photograph from the Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,
Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations

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A passionate and enthusiastic dance lover with other interests in books, theater, music and architecture. I have served as the director of the docent program at the New York City Ballet. I am interested in all facets of dance, and do not limit myself to only one dance brand, as I call it. This encompasses ballet, modern, folk and whatever else there is. Call me eclectic.