Victoria Bond
Sandburg Suite
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: ballet/dance, piano
Publisher: Subito Music Corporation
Description: Choreographer: Margaret Beals
Comm. and prem: 8/16/80; Margaret Beals Dance Company
Rec: 1994; Leonarda Records
This ballet, designed to be danced while the dancer recites, uses the poem “Working Girls” by Carl Sandburg. The melodic material is based on American folk music and the mood of the five variations range from folk to blues, from ragtime to gospel.
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