Graduation Ball is a ballet in one act choreographed by David Lichine to music composed by Johann Strauss II and arranged by Antal Doráti. With a scenario devised by Lichine and with scenery and costumes designed by Alexandre Benois, it was first presented by the Original Ballet Russe at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, Australia, on 1 March 1940.
Graduation Ball performed by Royal Danish Ballet in 1954 (photo by Willem van de Poll)
Graduation Ball performed by Royal Danish Ballet in 1954 (photo by Willem van de Poll)
Antal Doráti was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
Antal Doráti (1962)