Ballet preservation

BALLETS have three kinds of life.

There are ballets which are produced once only, fall out of the repertoire and are never revived. Such ballets may be complete failures or limited successes. The failure will die after a few performances. The limited success remains for only one season. For some reason it fails to catch on. Its appeal is too special or too small. Often this is the fate of the succès d'estime.

Secondly, there are ballets which enter the repertoire and stay there. They may be popular successes like Pineapple Poll which are frequently performed, or established succès d'estime like Job...