Agon
Music: Igor Stravinsky.
Choreography: George Balanchine .
Premiered: December 1, 1957 by the New York City Ballet at the
New York City Center.
Dancers at the premiere:
Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden, Barbara
Walczak, Barbara Millberg, Todd Bolender, Roy Tobias,
Jonathan Watts, Arthur Mitchell, Roberta Lubell, Francia
Russell, Dido Sayers, and Ruth Sobotka.
In the repertoire of the Paris Opera Ballet since 1974 (premiered by Michael Denard ,
Ghislaine Thesmar, Jean Guizerix, Wilfride Piollet,
Georges Piletta and Cyril Atanassoff).
(Photos from the pages of the Balanchine
Library)