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Carmen [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]

Ruth Page has staged at least 4 versions of Carmen, all set to Georges Bizet's original opera music. The first version was choreographed and perfor...
Bolero [Chicago, Civic Opera House]

Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Bolero: The first version was called both "Bolero" and "Iberian Monotone." It premiered in Highland Park a...
Harlequinade [1947?]

Harlequinade is a "ballet play" choreographed by Ruth Page and Bentley Stone, with words by Robert Halsband and music by Riccardo Drigo. The two p...
Faust [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]

While Ruth Page originally choreographed a ballet entitled "Faust" in 1926 at Ravinia, it is unclear how much this 1963 version was based on the or...
Carmina Burana (Court of Love Pas de Deux) [1962]

Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Carmina Burana, both set to Carl Orff's original music.  The first version was premiered in Chicag...
La favorita [1964, Chicago, Civic Opera House]

"La favorita" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page to the 1840 opera of the same name by Gaetano Donizetti.  It was premiered by t...
Billy Sunday (Angel & Billy - Wise & Foolish Virgins - Devil’s Dance) [March 23, 1948]

This original Ruth Page ballet was conceived in 1941 but not premiered by her company until December 13, 1946 in Mandel Hall at the University of C...
Concertino Pour Trois [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]

Concertino Pour Trois was choreographed by Ruth Page in 1961 to a commissioned score by Marius Constant and with costumes designed by André Delfau....
Dance of the Hours [1949]

"Dance of the Hours" is a ballet based on the opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli (first performed in 1876), taken from its Act III finale. T...
Pygmalion [circa 1963]

"Pygmalion" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, loosely based on the Ancient Greek myth.  It premiered in January 1963 in Park R...
Combinations [1963]

"Combinations" is an off-beat, abstract ballet about being on the telephone. It was choreographed by Ruth Page, with a score by Isaac Van...
Carmen (4th Act) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]

Ruth Page has staged at least 4 versions of Carmen, all set to Georges Bizet's original opera music. The first version was choreographed and perfor...
Pygmalion [circa 1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]

"Pygmalion" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, loosely based on the Ancient Greek myth.  It premiered in January 1963 in Park R...
Bullets and Bonbons - All’s Fair in Love and War - The Chocolate Soldier [1963]

Bullets and Bonbons, choreographed by Ruth Page, is based on the 1908 operetta "The Chocolate Soldier" by Oscar Straus, which is itself based on Ge...
Billy Sunday (Bathsheba & David, Beginning of Potiphar) [March 23, 1948]

This original Ruth Page ballet was conceived in 1941 but not premiered by her company until December 13, 1946 in Mandel Hall at the University of C...
Billy Sunday

This original Ruth Page ballet was conceived in 1941 but not premiered by her company until December 13, 1946 in Mandel Hall at the University of C...
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