Anastasia 1-act version

Ballet1-act version1To counteract existing widespread confusion, it should be noted that referring to the original one-act Anastasia as "Act III" is incorrect. The facts are: Kenneth MacMillan originally choreographed the one-act version in 1967. Four years later, in 1971, he expanded it into a three-act ballet, thereby incorporating the one-act version as Act III. Whenever the one-act version is performed independently on its own as a self-contained ballet, describing it as "Act III" implies it to be an excerpt of the three-act version. This is not the case, especially not since MacMillan never relinquished the one-act version. Only in the context of the three-act version can the original one-act Anastasia be referred to as Act III.
Set DesignBarry Kay
CostumesBarry Kay
Other assignmentsProperties, Projections
ChoreographyKenneth MacMillan
World Première25 June 1967
CompanyBallet of the Deutsche Oper
VenueDeutsche Oper Berlin, Charlottenburg
 

The Stuttgart Ballet
Württembergische Staatstheater, Staatstheater, Stuttgart
Première 14 April 1976

American Ballet Theater
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles;
Première 12 March 1985
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York
First Night 30 April 1985 (posth.)

The Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Première 12 May 1986 (posth.)