List of ballets by George Balanchine

Chronological

• 1928 Apollo
• 1929 Le Bal
• 1929 The Prodigal Son
• 1935 Serenade
• 1936 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
• 1936 Zenobia
• 1937 Jeu de cartes
• 1941 Concerto Barocco
• 1941 Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
• 1942 Circus Polka
• 1946 La Sonnambula
• 1946 The Four Temperaments
• 1947 Haieff Divertimento
• 1947 Symphonie Concertante
• 1947 Symphony in C
• 1947 Theme and Variations
• 1948 Orpheus
• 1948 Pas de Trois
• 1949 Bourrée fantasque
• 1949 The Firebird
• 1950 Sylvia Pas de Deux
• 1951 À la Françaix
• 1951 La Valse
• 1951 Swan Lake
• 1952 Bayou
• 1952 Concertino
• 1952 Harlequinade Pas de Deux
• 1952 Metamorphoses
• 1952 Scotch Symphony
• 1954 Ivesiana
• 1954 The Nutcracker
• 1954 Western Symphony
• 1955 Pas de Dix
• 1955 Pas de Trois
• 1956 Allegro Brillante
• 1956 Divertimento No. 15
• 1957 Agon
• 1957 Square Dance
• 1958 Gounod Symphony
• 1958 Stars and Stripes
• 1959 Episodes
• 1960 Donizetti Variations
• 1960 Liebeslieder Walzer
• 1960 Monumentum pro Gesualdo
• 1960 Ragtime
• 1960 Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
• 1961 Raymonda Variations
• 1962 A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 1963 Bugaku
• 1963 Meditation
• 1963 Movements for Piano and Orchestra
• 1964 Clarinade
• 1964 Tarantella
• 1965 Don Quixote
• 1965 Harlequinade
• 1966 Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet
• 1966 Variations
• 1967 Divertimento Brillante
• 1967 Jewels
• * Emeralds
• * Rubies
• * Diamonds
• 1967 Ragtime
• 1967 Valse-Fantaisie
• 1968 Metastaseis and Pithoprakta
• 1968 Requiem Canticles
• 1968 La Source
• 1968 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
• 1970 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
• 1970 Who Cares?
• 1972 Divertimento from Le baiser de la fée
• 1972 Duo Concertant
• 1972 Pulcinella
• 1972 Scherzo à la russe
• 1972 Stravinsky Violin Concerto
• 1972 Symphony in Three Movements
• 1973 Cortège Hongrois
• 1974 Coppélia
• 1974 Variations pour une porte et un soupir
• 1975 Le tombeau de Couperin
• 1975 Pavane
• 1975 Sonatine
• 1975 The Steadfast Tin Soldier
• 1975 Tzigane
• 1976 Chaconne
• 1976 Union Jack
• 1977 Etude for Piano
• 1977 Vienna Waltzes
• 1978 Ballo della Regina
• 1978 Kammermusik No. 2
• 1979 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• 1980 Ballade
• 1980 Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze
• 1980 Walpurgisnacht Ballet
• 1981 Garland Dance
• 1981 Hungarian Gypsy Airs
• 1981 Mozartiana
• 1982 Élégie
• 1982 Noah and the Flood
• 1982 Tango
• 1982 Variations for Orchestra

  Alphabetical

• 1951 À la Françaix
• 1962 A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 1957 Agon
• 1956 Allegro Brillante
• 1928 Apollo
• 1929 Le Bal
• 1980 Ballade
• 1978 Ballo della Regina
• 1952 Bayou
• 1979 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• 1949 Bourrée fantasque
• 1966 Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet
• 1963 Bugaku
• 1976 Chaconne
• 1942 Circus Polka
• 1964 Clarinade
• 1952 Concertino
• 1941 Concerto Barocco
• 1974 Coppélia
• 1973 Cortège Hongrois
• 1967 Diamonds
• 1967 Divertimento Brillante
• 1972 Divertimento from Le baiser de la fée
• 1956 Divertimento No. 15
• 1965 Don Quixote
• 1960 Donizetti Variations
• 1972 Duo Concertant
• 1982 Élégie
• 1967 Emeralds
• 1959 Episodes
• 1977 Etude for Piano
• 1949 The Firebird
• 1946 The Four Temperaments
• 1981 Garland Dance
• 1958 Gounod Symphony
• 1947 Haieff Divertimento
• 1965 Harlequinade
• 1952 Harlequinade Pas de Deux
• 1981 Hungarian Gypsy Airs
• 1954 Ivesiana
• 1937 Jeu de cartes
• 1967 Jewels
• 1978 Kammermusik No. 2
• 1946 La Sonnambula
• 1968 La Source
• 1951 La Valse
• 1929 Le Bal
• 1960 Liebeslieder Walzer
• 1963 Meditation
• 1952 Metamorphoses
• 1968 Metastaseis and Pithoprakta
• 1960 Monumentum pro Gesualdo
• 1963 Movements for Piano and Orchestra
• 1981 Mozartiana
• 1982 Noah and the Flood
• 1948 Orpheus
• 1955 Pas de Dix
• 1955 Pas de Trois
• 1948 Pas de Trois
• 1967 Ragtime
• 1961 Raymonda Variations
• 1968 Requiem Canticles
• 1980 Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze
• 1967 Rubies
• 1972 Scherzo à la russe
• 1952 Scotch Symphony
• 1935 Serenade
• 1936 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
• 1975 Sonatine
• 1968 La source
• 1957 Square Dance
• 1958 Stars and Stripes
• 1975 The Steadfast Tin Soldier
• 1972 Stravinsky Violin Concerto
• 1951 Swan Lake
• 1950 Sylvia Pas de Deux
• 1947 Symphonie Concertante
• 1947 Symphony in C
• 1972 Symphony in Three Movements
• 1982 Tango
• 1964 Tarantella
• 1947 Theme and Variations
• 1975 Le tombeau de Couperin
• 1960 Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
• 1941 Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
• 1970 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
• 1975 Tzigane
• 1976 Union Jack
• 1967 Valse-Fantaisie
• 1966 Variations
• 1982 Variations for Orchestra
• 1974 Variations pour une porte et un soupir
• 1977 Vienna Waltzes
• 1980 Walpurgisnacht Ballet
• 1954 Western Symphony
• 1970 Who Cares?
• 1936 Zenobia''

  By company

For Ballets Russes

• Le Chant du rossignol
• Jack in the Box
• Pastorale
• Barabau
• La Chatte
• Le Triomphe de Neptune
• Apollo
• The Prodigal Son
• Le Bal

  For Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo

• Cotillon
• Concurrence
• Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• Balustrade
• Danses concertantes
• Song of Norway
• Pas de Deux
• La Sonnambula
• The Night Shadow
• Raymonda

  For Les Ballets 1933

• The Seven Deadly Sins
• Errante
• Les Songes
• Fastes

  For the American Ballet

• Alma Mater
• Les Songes
• Mozartiana
• Serenade
• Errante
• Reminiscence
• Jeu de cartes
• Le Baiser de la Fée

  For Broadway

• Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
• * Words without Music: A Surrealist Ballet, a production number for the singing and dancing ensemble
• * Night Flight, a solo for Harriet Hoctor
• * 5 A.M., a number for Josephine Baker and male dancers
• On Your Toes, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart; starring Tamara Geva and Ray Bolger
• * Princess Zenobia Ballet
• * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
• Babes in Arms, by Rodgers and Hart
• I Married an Angel, by Rodgers and Hart; starring Vera Zorina
• The Boys from Syracuse, by Rodgers and Hart
• Great Lady, music by Frederick Loewe
• Keep Off the Grass, a musical revue
• Louisiana Purchase, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; with William Gaxton and Vera Zorina
• Cabin in the Sky, music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by John Latouche; starring Ethel Waters and Katherine Dunham, who collaborated with Balanchine on the choreography
• The Lady Comes Across, by Duke and Latouche; a notable flop
• Rosalinda, an operetta with music by Johann Strauss
• The Merry Widow, an operetta with music by Franz Lehár
• What's Up?, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
• Dream with Music, a musical fantasy starring Vera Zorina
• Song of Norway, an operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg; Balanchine's most successful Broadway show
• Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston, another flop
• The Chocolate Soldier, an operetta with music by Oscar Straus
• Where's Charley? lyrics and music by Frank Loesser, a long-running show starring Ray Bolger
• Courtin' Time, music and lyrics by Don Walker and Jack Lawrence
• House of Flowers, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Truman Capote and Harold Arlen; starring Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, and Juanita Hall; Balanchine's choreography was rearranged by Herbert Ross before the Broadway opening

  For Hollywood

• The Goldwyn Follies, with Vera Zorina and William Dollar as principal dancers
• * "Romeo and Juliet," with ballet dancers as the Capulets and tap dancers as the Montagues
• * "Water Nymph Ballet," in which Zorina rose from the depths of a pool
• On Your Toes, the film version of the Broadway show, starring Vera Zorina and Eddie Albert
• I Was an Adventuress, starring Vera Zorina
• Star Spangled Rhythm, a wartime morale booster for military troops
• * "That Old Black Magic," sung by Johnny Johnston, danced by Vera Zorina
• Follow the Boys, with Vera Zorina and George Raft

  For American Ballet Caravan

• Ballet Imperial
• Concerto Barocco

  For the Ballet del Teatro de Colón

• Mozart Violin Concerto

  For Ballet Theatre

• Waltz Academy
• Theme and Variations

  For Ballet Society

• The Four Temperaments
• L'enfant et Les Sortilèges
• Haieff Divertimento
• Symphonie Concertante
• Orpheus

  For the Paris Opera Ballet

• Palais de Cristal

  For Le Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas

• Pas de Trois Classique

  For New York City Ballet

• La Sonnambula
• Bourrée Fantasque
• The Firebird
• Sylvia Pas De Deux
• Swan Lake
• La Valse
• Harlequinade Pas De Deux
• Metamorphoses
• Scotch Symphony
• Valse Fantaisie
• The Nutcracker
• Ivesiana
• Western Symphony
• Glinka Pas De Trois
• Pas De Dix
• Divertimento No. 15
• Allegro Brillante
• Agon
• Square Dance
• Gounod Symphony
• Stars and Stripes
• Episodes
• Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
• Monumentum pro Gesualdo
• Donizetti Variations
• Liebeslieder Walzer
• Raymonda Variations
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Bugaku
• Meditation
• Movements for Piano and Orchestra
• Harlequinade
• Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet
• Jewels
• * Emeralds
• * Rubies
• * Diamonds
• La Source
• Who Cares?
• Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
• Stravinsky Festival
• * Pulcinella
• * Stravinsky Violin Concerto
• * Symphony in Three Movements
• * Duo Concertant
• * Lost Sonata
• * Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la fée"
• * Choral Variations on Bach's "Vom Himmel Hoch"
• * Danses Concertantes
• * Scherzo Á La Russe
• Cortège Hongrois
• Coppélia
• Variations pour une porte et un soupir
• Ravel Festival
• * Sonatine
• * Tzigane
• * Le tombeau de Couperin
• * Pavane
• * Shéhérazade
• * Gaspard de la Nuit
• * Rapsodie Espagnole
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier
• Chaconne
• Union Jack
• Vienna Waltzes
• Ballo della Regina
• Kammermusik No. 2
• Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
• Walpurgisnacht Ballet
• Tschaikovsky Festival
• * Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty
• * Mozartiana
• Stravinsky Centennial Celebration
• * Élégie''

  For New York City Opera

• Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme