Octet (Martins)

For the ballet by Willam Christensen, see Octet (Christensen).

Octet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat major (1825). The premiere took place November 14, 2003 at the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was November 23, 2004, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

## Original casts

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### Royal Danish Ballet

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* Silja Schandorff
* Yao Wei

* Andrew Bowman
* Kristoffer Sakurai

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### NYCB

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* Ashley Bouder
* Darci Kistler

* Benjamin Millepied
* Stephen Hanna

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## Reviews

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* NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 25, 2004

## Articles

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* NY Times, Rebecca Milzoff, August 20, 2006