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repertory: wien new projects ::  symphony of psalms ::  if by chance la vie en rose (piaf suite) ::  bolero ::  home front ::  wien prelude to night ::  les noces ::  black diamond ::  firebird family programming & small steps Wien Choreography: Pascal Rioult Music: Maurice Ravel, La Valse Lighting: David Finley Costumes: Russ Vogler Timing: 13 minutes First Performed January 13, 1995 Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York Faithful to Ravel's intentions, Wien is a fantastic and fatal swirling of tragic dimensions. The Viennese waltz, the very image of social refinement, becomes the symbol of a disintegrating society taken into a whirlpool of violence and humiliation... The piece has the poisoned atmosphere of despair and fatalism. It is the trail of failed humanity. It is a premonition of triumphant evil.