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Performance
Rhapsody
pas de deux
David H. Koch Theater
New York, New York
Rhapsodypas de deux
Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Costumes by William Chappell
Lighting by Brad Fields
One of Frederick Ashton’s final and most challenging works, Rhapsody pas de deux was created in 1980 for The Royal Ballet. Choreographed for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, this pas de deux is dazzling in its expansive lyricism and emotional sweep. Set to Sergei Rachmaninoff’s beloved soaring score, “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” this ballet shows Ashton at his most masterful.