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Friday May 24, 2013 8:00 PM

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A diverse all-Balanchine program Serenade is romantic and elegant while Ivesiana is a dark and dramatic ballet. Tarantella is a high-spirited pas de deux with comic touches and Firebird concludes with its luscious sets and costumes by Marc Chagall.

  • Location:

  • David H. Koch Theater

  • Running Time:

  • 2 Hr. 17 Min.

ALL BALANCHINE: TSCHAIKOVSKY/AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY

  • Serenade

    • Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    • Choreography by: George Balanchine
    • Principal Casting: May 21: Sara Mearns, Ashley Bouder, Rebecca Krohn, Jonathan Stafford, Adrian Danchig-Waring
      May 24: Sterling Hyltin++, Megan Fairchild, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring (replaces Ask la Cour) (++ New York debut)
      June 1 Mat: Janie Taylor, Megan Fairchild, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Ask la Cour
      June 6: Janie Taylor, Megan Fairchild, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring
      June 9: Sara Mearns, Teresa Reichlen, Megan Fairchild, Jonathan Stafford, Adrian Danchig-Waring

    The first ballet Balanchine choreographed in America is a romantic work of immense sweep, set to a transcendent Tschaikovsky score.

  • Ivesiana

    • Music by: Charles Ives
    • Choreography by: George Balanchine
    • Principal Casting: Apr 30, May 1, May 4 Mat: Ashley Laracey*, Zachary Catazaro*, Janie Taylor, Anthony Huxley*, Sara Mearns*, Amar Ramasar* (*first time in role)
      May 11 Mat, 24: Ashley Laracey, Zachary Catazaro, Janie Taylor, Anthony Huxley, Teresa Reichlen*, Amar Ramasar (replaces Ask la Cour) (* first time in role)

    Choreographed to a series of orchestral pieces by Ives, this intensely theatrical ballet presents three scenes, each contrasting starkly from one another in mood, movement, and lighting.

  • Tarantella

    • Music by: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    • Choreography by: George Balanchine
    • Principal Casting: Apr 30, May 1, May 4 Mat: Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz
      May 11 Mat: Tiler Peck, Gonzalo Garcia
      May 24: Erica Pereira, Daniel Ulbricht

    An invigorating pas de deux with Neapolitan flair, this ballet showcases two dancers as they display great virtuosity and humor.

  • Firebird

    • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    • Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
    • Principal Casting: May 21, 22: Maria Kowroski, Jonathan Stafford (replaces Ask la Cour), Savannah Lowery, Zachary Catazaro
      May 23, 24: Ashley Bouder, Justin Peck, Gwyneth Muller, Andrew Scordato

    Dressed in Chagall's exquisite sets and costumes, Firebird illustrates an enchanting fairytale and the fantastical creatures of its mysterious world.

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