Theme and Variations

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Music	Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
Choreography	George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust
Premiere Date	1947
Performance Dates	Thursday, May 6 at 7pm; Saturday, May 8 at 2pm and 8pm; Sunday, May 9 at 2pm; Thursday, May 13 at 7pm; Friday, May 14 at 8pm; Saturday, May 15 at 8pm; Sunday, May 16 at 2pm
Theme and Variations, set to Tchaikovsky, received its premiere in 1947. A spectacular, glittering work, Theme and Variations evokes the purity and beauty of the classics. Boston Ballet continues to develop and expand its Balanchine repertoire and was recently hailed by The New York Times for the 2009 production of Jewels.