Sentence examples for closing ballet from inspiring English sources

Many years ago, when the New York City Ballet performed at Ravinia Park, Balanchine's "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," a "closing" ballet if ever there was one, was at the last minute placed first because the other work on the program, Jerome Robbins's lengthy "Dances at a Gathering," required only one pianist and the orchestra could leave early.

Design also dominates the closing ballet, Diana and Actaeon.

The closing ballet was Twyla Tharp's new "Variations on a Theme by Haydn".

"Etudes," well led by Mr. Gomez, Maxim Belotserkovsky and Gillian Murphy, was the right closing ballet.

Some of the audience left before Jerome Robbins's "Fancy Free," the closing ballet — been there, seen that.

The proof again was in this program, including the closing ballet, Agnes de Mille's "Rodeo" of 1942.

It was a relief to see Mr. Wheeldon's "DGV (Danse à Grande Vitesse)," choreographed in 2006 for the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, and one of the best closing ballets made in the last 20 years.

As compelling were Mr. Gruziel's spinning, tight chaines and the way Mr. Stepien took up his cloak and walked away from the grave, closing the ballet on a note of redemption.

Lenin, however, opposed suggestions to close the ballet company.

Brisk ensembles opened and closed the ballet, and there were effective vignettes for small casts.

Christopher Body and Sonia Rodriguez, who opened and closed the ballet, sailed unhesitatingly through the choreography's skewed lifts and coursing travel.