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Sandpaper Ballet

Sandpaper Ballet

Sandpaper Ballet

Sandpaper Ballet

Premiere

San Francisco Ballet - War Memorial Opera House

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Details List

Choreography Mark Morris
Music Leroy Anderson - “Sleigh Ride (Overture),” “The Typewriter,” “Trumpeter’s Lullaby,” “Sarabande,” “Balladette,” “Jazz Pizzicato,” “Jazz Legato,” “Fiddle Faddle,” “The Girl in Satin,” “Song of the Bells,” “The Syncopated Clock”
Costume Design Isaac Mizrahi
Lighting Design James F. Ingalls
Number of Dancers 25
Runtime 30 minutes

Details

Sandpaper Ballet is a 25-minute ballet set to music by the 20th century American composer, Leroy Anderson.

Sandpaper Ballet has also been performed by Houston Ballet and Dutch National Ballet.