This is a list of ballet premieres in the 1990s, by year.
title | choreographer | composer | company | venue | date |
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Twinkliana | Sean Lavery | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Barnard College Dance Department | Columbia University | 11 October |
title | choreographer | composer | company | venue | date |
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Billboards | Laura Dean, Charles Moulton, Margo Sappington, Peter Pucci | Prince | Joffrey Ballet | Hancher Auditorium, U. Iowa | Wednesday, January 27 |
Zenobia | George Balanchine | Richard Rodgers | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | Tuesday, November 23 |
title | choreographer | composer | company | venue | date |
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Touch | David Parsons | Richard Peaslee | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | February 15 |
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude | William Forsythe | Franz Schubert | Frankfurt Ballet | Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt | January 20 |
title | choreographer | composer | company | venue | date | notes |
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Brandenburg | Jerome Robbins | JS Bach | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | January 22 | [1] |
Othello | Lar Lubovitch | Elliot Goldenthal | San Francisco Ballet | Metropolitan Opera House | May 23 | [2] |
title | choreographer | composer | company | venue or presentation | date | notes |
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Middle Duo | Alexei Ratmansky | Yury Khanon | Maryinsky Theater | November 24 | [3] | |
River of Light | Peter Martins | Charles Wuorinen | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | June 11 | [4] |
Robin Hood | Paul Vasterling | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Nashville Ballet | TPAC’s Polk Theater | [5] | |
title | choreographer | composer | company | venue or presentation | date | notes |
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Sandpaper Ballet | Mark Morris | Leroy Anderson | San Francisco Ballet | War Memorial Opera House | April 27 | [6] |
Scènes de Ballet | Christopher Wheeldon | Igor Stravinsky | New York City Ballet | New York State Theater | May 19 | [7] |
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