Choreography: Balanchine vs Nureyev vs X (guess ) Tchaikovsky Suite no. 3

Three choreographers using the same score the Polonaise from Tchaikovsky s Suite no. 3 for Orchestra in G major, op. 55. Balanchine used it in Theme and Variations, Nureyev in The Tempest, and Mr. X used it in Y ballet. Balanchine was the first. Nureyev said in an interview he didn t want at first to touch the polonaise because Mr. B had used it in T V, but changed his mind later and set about to do something bigger and better than Balanchine. Mr. X was the last, and who is he Guess. , 1 Balanchine Theme and variations, ABT 1978, Baryshnikov, Kirkland , 2 Nureyev The Tempest, POB 1984, Nureyev, Olivieri, Vu An, Stephant , 3 Guess; )