Rodeo is a ballet. The story and dances were designed by Agnes de Mille. The music was written by Aaron Copland. The ballet was first performed on October 16, 1942 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. It was a great success. The ballet consists of five sections: "Buckaroo Holiday", "Ranch House Party", "Corral Nocturne", "Saturday Night Waltz", and "Hoe-Down". The ballet tells the story of an awkward cowgirl's romance.
Ballets | Afternoon of a Faun • Ballet of the Nuns • Billy the Kid • Cinderella • Coppélia • Le Dieu Bleu • La Fille mal gardée • Filling Station • The Firebird • Giselle • Jeux • Napoli • Les noces • The Nutcracker • Paquita • Pas de Quatre • Petrushka • The Rite of Spring • Rodeo • Romeo and Juliet • The Sleeping Beauty • La Source • Le Spectre de la rose • Swan Lake • La Sylphide • Les Sylphides • Sylvia | |
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Scenery and Costume Designers | Léon Bakst • Alexandre Benois • Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri • Jean Cocteau • Paul Lormier • Ivan Vsevolozhsky | |
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