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Barn Dance

Choreography by Catherine Littlefield
Music by David Guion, John Powell, and Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Scenery and Costumes by Salvatore Pinto

World Premiere

Littlefield Ballet
April 23, 1937
Fox Theatre
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cast:
Dorothie Littlefield
Thomas Cannon
Edward Hedges

ABT Premiere

May 9, 1944
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Dorothie Littlefield (Light Maiden)
Thomas Cannon (City Slicker)
John Taras (Deacon)
Simon Semenoff (Banjo Player)
Rosella Hightower, Alicia Alonso, Mary Heater (Mothers)