Restaging of George Balanchine’s Third Theme

Restaging of George Balanchine’s “Third Theme” from The Four Temperaments in collaboration with BalletMet 2 and ©The George Balanchine Trust

Director of Education, BalletMet 2 Associate Director and Alumna Ambre Emory-Maier, partnered with Dr. Valarie Williams, professor at The Ohio State University, to research, reconstruct, and direct from Ann Hutchinson Guest’s and Mary Corey’s Labanotation scores of George Balanchine’s 1946 “Third Theme” from the masterwork The Four Temperaments with the support of The Ohio State University Energy Partners Grant sponsored by Engie. Students in Williams’ Analysis class and dancers from the BalletMet 2 company collaborated on master classes and rehearsals with ©The George Balanchine Trust Répétiteur Paul Boos during his September Residency.

Image: Paul Boos, © THE George Balanchine Trust Répétiteur, coaching BalletMet 2 dancers Catherine Stoehr and Rorey Fraser in September 2019