Metastaseis and Pithoprakta

Metastaseis and Pithoprakta is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to two orchestral works by Iannis Xenakis: Metastaseis, written 1953–54, and Pithoprakta, written 1955–56. The premiere took place 18 January 1968, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with lighting designed by Ronald Bates.

Casts

Original

• Metastaseis

and 22 women

and 6 men

• Pithoprakta

• Suzanne Farrell

and 7 women

• Arthur Mitchell

and 5 men

Revivals

Suzanne Farrell Ballet

• Pithoprakta

Washington DC 2007

• t.b.a.

New York City Center 2008 Fall for Dance festival

• t.b.a.

Articles

• Washington Post, November 16, 2007

Reviews

• NY Times by Don McDonagh, January 19, 1968
• NY Times by Donal Henahan, January 19, 1968
• NY Times by Clive Barnes, January 22, 1968

• NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, November 27, 2007
• Washington Post, November 16, 2007
• Ballet, November, 2007