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Panorama (1935). Choreographed by Martha Graham; mobile sets designed by Calder; music by Norman Lloyd; costumes by Graham.

Socrate (1936). Music by Erik Satie (1920); mobile decor by Alexander Calder; conducted by Virgil Thomson. Performed for the First Hartford Music Festival at Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.

Paper Ball: Le Cirque des Chiffonniers (1936). Production design by Pavel Tchelitchew; costumes by Tchelitchew, Calder, Alice Halicka, and others; music by Nicholas Nabokov, George Antheil, and others.

Horizons (1936). Choreographed by Martha Graham; mobile sets by Calder; music by Louis Horst.

Socrate (1936). Music by Erik Satie (1920); mobile decor by Alexander Calder; conducted by Alexander Steinert. Performed for the opening of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Marianne Oswald: Poetry of the Streets (1940). Selection of poetry by Jacques Prévert, Jean Cocteau, Gaston Bonheur, Jean Nohian, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jean Lenoir, and Georges Henri Clouzat; mobile accompaniment by Calder. Performed at Little Chanin Theater, New York, 6 June 1940.

Balloon (1946). Written by Padraic Colum; mobile set by Calder.

Happy As Larry (1949). Written by Donagh MacDonagh; directed by Burgess Meredith; mobile sets by Calder.

Judith (1950). Performed by Martha Graham and Louisville Orchestra. Columbia Auditorium.

Nucléa (1952). Written by Henri Pichette; directed by Jean Vilar; sets and costumes designed by Calder; music by Maurice Jarre.

The Glory Folk (1958). One of four Chamber Ballets choreographed by John Butler; set includes a stabile and mobile designed by Calder; music arranged by Lucy Brown; costumes by Geoffrey Holder.

The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (1963). Written by Tennessee Williams; mobile prop by Calder; directed by Herbert Machiz.

La Provocation (1963). Choreographed by Pierre Halet; sets and costumes designed by Calder; music by Jean Ferrat; produced by Gabriel Monnet.

Eppur Si Muove (1965). Choreographed by Joseph Lazzini; sets designed by Calder; music by Francis Miroglio.

Calder Piece (1967). Written by Earle Brown; Chef d’orchestre conducting instrument by Calder; music commissioned and performed by Diego Masson and his orchestra. Performed at Théâtre de l’Atelier, Paris.

Work in Progress (1968). Ballet originated by Calder; sets and costumes designed by Calder; electronic music by Niccolò Castiglioni, Aldo Clementi, and Bruno Maderna. Performed at Teatro dell’Opera, Rome.

Métaboles (1969). Choreographed by Joseph Lazzini; set designed by Calder; music by Henri Dutilleux; produced by Théâtre Francais de la Danse. Performed at Odéon Theater, Paris.

Amériques (1971). Choreographed by Norbert Schmuki; sets and costumes designed by Calder; music by Edgard Varèse. Performed by Ballet-Théâtre Contemporain in Amiens, France.

Mobilissimo (1975). Choreographed by René Goliard; sets and costumes by Alexander Calder; music by Charles Ives. Performed by Ballet-Théâtre Contemporain in Amiens, France.

The National Tribute to Alexander Calder (1977). Program included a revival of the 1936 presentation of Erik Satie’s symphonic drama Socrate with mobile decor recreated from Calder’s designs, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts; and Four Saints in Three Acts by Gertrude Stein with music by Virgil Thomson. Performed at the Beacon Theater, New York.

Calder Piece (1981). Written by Earle Brown; “Chef d’Orchestre” standing mobile conducting instrument by Alexander Calder; music performed by Purchase Percussion Ensemble at Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York from 14–15 November 1981.

Work in Progress (2019). Ballet originated by Alexander Calder; sets and costumes designed by Calder; electronic music by Niccolò Castiglioni, Aldo Clementi, and Bruno Maderna; directed by Filippo Crivelli. Restaged ballet at Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, from 10–15 September 2019.