2 and 3 Part Inventions is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins on students at its affiliated school, the School of American Ballet, to Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, (1720–23). The premiere took place on Saturday, 4 June 1994 at the Juilliard Theater, Lincoln Center. The City Ballet premiere was Thursday, 19 January 1995, and it was revived for City Ballet's 90th anniversary celebration of the choreographer, performed again by students from S.A.B.
Casts Original SAB
Kristina Fernandez Eliane Munier Riolama Lorenzo Jennifer Chipman
Benjamin Millepied Amaury Lebrun Alex Ketley Seth Belliston
NYCB premiere
Wendy Whelan Jenifer Ringer Samantha Allen Miranda Weese
Ethan Stiefel Alexander Ritter Christopher Wheeldon James Fayette
Articles
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, April 5, 2005
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, May 11, 1998
Reviews
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, June 6, 1994 NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, January 21, 1995
NY Times, Jack Anderson, January 18, 2001 NY Times, Gia Kourlas, June 16, 2008