New York City Ballet

May 2013

• Saturday

  May 18

  • 11am
    Family Saturdays
    Join us for this Saturday morning presentation celebrating the closing weekend of New York City Ballet's American Music Festival. NYCB artists will guide you through excerpts from the works onstage this spring, offering insights into NYCB's vibrant and varied repertory featuring American music. Designed especially for family audiences, this one-hour event is the perfect introduction to New York City Ballet and the world of classical dance! Hosted by Soloist Justin Peck.
    Running time: 1 Hr.

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  • 1:40pm
    First Position Discussions
  • 2pm
    ALL MARTINS

    • Calcium Light Night
    • River of Light
    • Barber Violin Concerto
    • Fearful Symmetries
    For the first time ever, the Company devotes an entire program — featuring scores by four modern composers — to the choreography of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, a fervent enthusiast of American music.
    Running time: 2 Hr. 24 Min.

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      Calcium Light Night

      • Music by: Charles Ives
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat, 23: Sterling Hyltin, Robert Fairchild* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Peter Martins' first ballet, a series of solos and duets for two dancers that is set to eight short pieces by Ives, is an edgy, contemporary work full of propulsive movement.

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      River of Light

      • Music by: Charles Wuorinen
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat, 23: Teresa Reichlen, Savannah Lowery, Erica Pereira, Amar Ramasar, Jonathan Stafford, Chase Finlay* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Featuring stunning lighting effects that create geometric patterns onstage, River of Light is an exploration in partnering, at times angular and other moments lyrical, for three interchanging couples.

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      Barber Violin Concerto

      • Music by: Samuel Barber
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat: Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild, Ask la Cour, Jared Angle
        
        

      An amalgam of dance idioms, this ballet is alternately noble and quixotic as two couples, classical and modern, interact.

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      Fearful Symmetries

      • Music by: John Adams
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat: Rebecca Krohn*, Adrian Danchig-Waring*, Tiler Peck, Taylor Stanley, Ashly Isaacs, Anthony Huxley, Devin Alberda, Allen Peiffer, Daniel Applebaum (*first time in role)
        May 31, Jun 1 Eve: Teresa Reichlen, Jonathan Stafford, Sara Mearns, Amar Ramasar, Lauren King, Daniel Ulbricht, Ralph Ippolito, Troy Schumacher, Giovanni Villalobos
        
        

      Fearful Symmetries is an ever-changing cascade of dancers costumed in vibrant tones of red with a racing score by celebrated American composer John Adams.

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    8pm
    MARTINS/ROBBINS

    • Sophisticated Lady
    • The Infernal Machine
    • Purple
    • Hallelujah Junction
    • West Side Story Suite
    Featuring scores by five composers, this program starts with three short works by Peter Martins — the supremely elegant Sophisticated Lady, the slinky The Infernal Machine, and the athletic pas de deux Purple — followed by the accelerated contemporary choreography of Martins’ Hallelujah Junction. Closing the performance is Jerome Robbins’ audience favorite West Side Story Suite, a dance distillation of the Broadway show that even has the dancers singing. 
    
    Running time: 1 Hr. 47 Min.

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      Sophisticated Lady

      • Music by: Duke Ellington (orchestrated by André Kostelanetz)
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 16, 18 Eve, 19: Maria Kowroski, Ask la Cour* (*first time in role)
        
        

      A brief but charming work to Duke Ellington’s melodies, Sophisticated Lady presents a leading ballerina in a Valentino ball gown and heeled shoes being wooed by a group of men before her leading man emerges.

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      The Infernal Machine

      • Music by: Christopher Rouse
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 16, 18 Eve, 19: Ashley Laracey*, Amar Ramasar
        
        

      This intricate, winding pas de deux finds a man and woman intertwined around one another as they push and pull their way through an accelerated, buzzing score by Rouse.

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      Purple

      • Music by: Michael Torke
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 16, 18 Eve: Janie Taylor, Jared Angle (*first time in role)
        May 19 Mat: Jennie Somogyi, Jared Angle
        
        

      Set to a score by Michael Torke, Martins’ contortionistic choreography employs off-balance shifts of weight and languorous movements to create a coolly sensuous pas de deux.

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      Hallelujah Junction

      • Music by: John Adams
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 15, 16, 17, 18 Eve, 19, 22: Sterling Hyltin, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia
        
        

      Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of driving energy, set to a pulsing John Adams score played by two onstage pianists.

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      West Side Story Suite

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins; Co-choreographed by Peter Gennaro
      • Principal Casting: May 8: "Cool" excerpt: Andrew Veyette
        May 16, 19, 26 Mat: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Lauren Lovette, Georgina Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        May 18 Eve: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Mat: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Eve: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Georginia Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        
        

      A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.

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• Sunday

  May 19

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    3pm
    MARTINS/ROBBINS

    • Sophisticated Lady
    • The Infernal Machine
    • Purple
    • Hallelujah Junction
    • West Side Story Suite
    Featuring scores by five composers, this program starts with three short works by Peter Martins; the supremely elegant Sophisticated Lady, the slinky The Infernal Machine, and the athletic pas de deux Purple, followed by the accelerated contemporary choreography of Martins' Hallelujah Junction. Closing the performance is Jerome Robbins'audience favorite West Side Story Suite, a dance distillation of the Broadway show that even has the dancers singing.
    
    Running time: 1 Hr. 47 Min.

    • 

      Sophisticated Lady

      • Music by: Duke Ellington (orchestrated by André Kostelanetz)
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 16, 18 Eve, 19: Maria Kowroski, Ask la Cour* (*first time in role)
        
        

      A brief but charming work to Duke Ellington’s melodies, Sophisticated Lady presents a leading ballerina in a Valentino ball gown and heeled shoes being wooed by a group of men before her leading man emerges.

    • 

      The Infernal Machine

      • Music by: Christopher Rouse
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 16, 18 Eve, 19: Ashley Laracey*, Amar Ramasar
        
        

      This intricate, winding pas de deux finds a man and woman intertwined around one another as they push and pull their way through an accelerated, buzzing score by Rouse.

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      Purple

      • Music by: Michael Torke
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 16, 18 Eve: Janie Taylor, Jared Angle (*first time in role)
        May 19 Mat: Jennie Somogyi, Jared Angle
        
        

      Set to a score by Michael Torke, Martins’ contortionistic choreography employs off-balance shifts of weight and languorous movements to create a coolly sensuous pas de deux.

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      Hallelujah Junction

      • Music by: John Adams
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 15, 16, 17, 18 Eve, 19, 22: Sterling Hyltin, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia
        
        

      Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of driving energy, set to a pulsing John Adams score played by two onstage pianists.

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      West Side Story Suite

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins; Co-choreographed by Peter Gennaro
      • Principal Casting: May 8: "Cool" excerpt: Andrew Veyette
        May 16, 19, 26 Mat: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Lauren Lovette, Georgina Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        May 18 Eve: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Mat: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Eve: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Georginia Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        
        

      A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.

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• Monday

  May 20

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    6pm
    Seminar
    The panelists, composer David Lang, concertmaster Kurt Nikkanen, corps member/choreographer Troy Schumacher, and composer Manuel Sosa will assess the impact of contemporary composers on the Company’s works this season. They will also discuss the challenges of performing these works and provide insight into the modern legacies of composers like Tschaikovsky and Stravinsky. Moderator:  composer Daniel Ott
    
    Running time: 90 Min.

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• Tuesday

  May 21

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    7:30pm
    TSCHAIKOVSKY/AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY

    • Serenade
    • Red Angels
    • Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
    • Firebird
    Balanchine's iconic and lush Serenade gives way to two exhilarating and virtuosic works: Red Angels and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux. With its enchanting sets and costumes designed by Marc Chagall, the one-act story ballet Firebird adds a touch of magic to the evening.
    Running time: 2 Hr. 24 Min.

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      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, Ask la Cour (++ New York debut)
        Jun 1 Mat: Janie Taylor, Megan Fairchild, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Ask la Cour
        
        

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

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      Red Angels

      • Music by: Richard Einhorn
      • Choreography by: Ulysses Dove
      • Principal Casting: May 21: Teresa Reichlen, Amar Ramasar *, Jennie Somogyi, Jared Angle (*first time in role)
        May 29: Maria Kowroski*, Jennie Somogyi, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jared Angle* (*first time in role)
        
        

      A dynamically charged, abstract work, Red Angels highlights the power and athleticism of its four dancers through bold choreography, intense lighting, and a riveting score for electric violin.

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      Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux

      • Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine
      • Principal Casting: May 21: Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz
        
        

      Set to music originally composed for Swan Lake, this virtuosic ballet is beautiful and beloved — a 9-minute adrenaline rush for dancers and audiences alike.

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      Firebird

      • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 21, 22: Maria Kowroski, 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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• Wednesday

  May 22

  • 7:10pm
    First Position Discussions
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    7:30pm
    AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY

    • Hallelujah Junction
    • Soirée Musicale
    • A Place for Us
    • Firebird
    Martins' fast-paced Hallelujah Junction starts this program with its contemporary, angular choreography. Christopher Wheeldon contributes his two latest works for NYCB, and Firebird adds a magical touch, featuring enchanting sets and costumes by Marc Chagall.
    Running time: 1 Hr. 42 Min.

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      Hallelujah Junction

      • Music by: John Adams
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 15, 16, 17, 18 Eve, 19, 22: Sterling Hyltin, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia
        
        

      Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of driving energy, set to a pulsing John Adams score played by two onstage pianists.

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      Soirée Musicale

      • Music by: Samuel Barber
      • Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
      • Principal Casting: May 8, 15, 17, 22: Lauren Lovette*, Brittany Pollack*, Sara Adams*, Kristin Segin*, Indiana Woodward*, Chase Finlay*, Taylor Stanley*, Harrison Ball*, Peter Walker*, Ralph Ippolito* (*first time in role)
        
        

      At the 2013 Spring Gala, NYCB will premiere Christopher Wheeldon's Soirée Musicale, originally choreographed for the School of American Ballet's annual workshop performance in 1998.

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      A Place for Us

      • Music by: André Previn, Leonard Bernstein
      • Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
      • Principal Casting: May 8, 15, 17, 22: Tiler Peck*, Robert Fairchild* (*first time in role)
        
        

      The second of two new ballets by Christopher Wheeldon premiering at the 2013 Spring Gala will be a pas de deux to scores for clarinet and piano by André Previn and Leonard Bernstein.

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      Firebird

      • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 21, 22: Maria Kowroski, 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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• Thursday

  May 23

  • 7:10pm
    First Position Discussions
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    7:30pm
    AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY

    • Calcium Light Night
    • River of Light
    • Two Hearts
    • Firebird
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 18 Min.

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      Calcium Light Night

      • Music by: Charles Ives
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat, 23: Sterling Hyltin, Robert Fairchild* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Peter Martins' first ballet, a series of solos and duets for two dancers that is set to eight short pieces by Ives, is an edgy, contemporary work full of propulsive movement.

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      River of Light

      • Music by: Charles Wuorinen
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat, 23: Teresa Reichlen, Savannah Lowery, Erica Pereira, Amar Ramasar, Jonathan Stafford, Chase Finlay* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Featuring stunning lighting effects that create geometric patterns onstage, River of Light is an exploration in partnering, at times angular and other moments lyrical, for three interchanging couples.

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      Two Hearts

      • Music by: Nico Muhly
      • Choreography by: Benjamin Millepied
      • Principal Casting: May 15, 17, 23: Tiler Peck, Tyler Angle
        
        

      With geometric black and white costumes by Rodarte, Two Hearts is a constantly shifting profusion of steps and shapes that ends with a soulful pas de deux to a bittersweet ballad.

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      Firebird

      • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 21, 22: Maria Kowroski, 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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• Friday

  May 24

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    6:45pm
    Dancer Chats
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    8pm
    ALL BALANCHINE: TSCHAIKOVSKY/AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY

    • Serenade
    • Ivesiana
    • Tarantella
    • Firebird
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 23 Min.

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      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, Ask la Cour (++ New York debut)
        Jun 1 Mat: Janie Taylor, Megan Fairchild, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Ask la Cour
        
        

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

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      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*, 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.

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      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.

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      Firebird

      • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 21, 22: Maria Kowroski, 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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• Saturday

  May 25

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    12:45pm
    Children's Workshop
    This pre-performance movement workshop is geared towards children ages 5-8. more info > 
    
    $12 general admission for both children and adults. 
    
    Performance tickets must be purchased separately; you do not have to attend the corresponding performance to enjoy this activity.
    Running time: 45 Min.

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    2pm
    TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY

    • Fancy Free
    • Carousel (A Dance)
    • West Side Story Suite
    Celebrate the bright lights and bold drama of the Great White Way with three ballets in the Broadway style.
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 3 Min.

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      Fancy Free

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 3, May 4 Eve: Joaquin De Luz, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar, Georgina Pazcoguin, Tiler Peck, Stephanie Chrosniak, David Prottas
        May 9, 25 Mat: Daniel Ulbricht, Tyler Angle, Andrew Veyette, Gretchen Smith*, Sterling Hyltin, Stephanie Chrosniak, David Prottas (*first time in role)
        May 26 Mat: Joaquin de Luz, Robert Fairchild, TBD, Gretchen Smith, Tiler Peck, Stephanie Chrosniak, David Prottas
        
        

      Precursor to the full-length stage and screen productions of On the Town, Fancy Free presents the escapades of three footloose sailors on shore leave in Manhattan.

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      Carousel (A Dance)

      • Music by: Richard Rodgers, arranged and orchestrated by William David Brohn
      • Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
      • Principal Casting: May 2, 5, 7: Tiler Peck, Andrew Veyette++, Brittany Pollack++, Taylor Stanley++, Georgina Pazcoguin++, Daniel Applebaum++ (++ NYC premiere)
        May 25 Mat, Eve: Lauren Lovette*, Robert Fairchild*, Sara Adams*, Devin Alberda*, Kristen Segin*, Christian Tworzyanski* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Wheeldon's charming distillation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Carousel recalls the innocent romance and thrilling drama of the Broadway production.

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      West Side Story Suite

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins; Co-choreographed by Peter Gennaro
      • Principal Casting: May 8: "Cool" excerpt: Andrew Veyette
        May 16, 19, 26 Mat: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Lauren Lovette, Georgina Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        May 18 Eve: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Mat: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Eve: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Georginia Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        
        

      A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.

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    First Position Discussions
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    8pm
    TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY

    • Carousel (A Dance)
    • Who Cares?
    • West Side Story Suite
    Celebrate the bright lights and bold drama of the Great White Way with three ballets in the Broadway style.
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 12 Min.

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      Carousel (A Dance)

      • Music by: Richard Rodgers, arranged and orchestrated by William David Brohn
      • Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
      • Principal Casting: May 2, 5, 7: Tiler Peck, Andrew Veyette++, Brittany Pollack++, Taylor Stanley++, Georgina Pazcoguin++, Daniel Applebaum++ (++ NYC premiere)
        May 25 Mat, Eve: Lauren Lovette*, Robert Fairchild*, Sara Adams*, Devin Alberda*, Kristen Segin*, Christian Tworzyanski* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Wheeldon's charming distillation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Carousel recalls the innocent romance and thrilling drama of the Broadway production.

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      Who Cares?

      • Music by: George Gershwin, orchestration by Hershy Kay
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine
      • Principal Casting: Apr 30, May 1, May 4 Mat: Robert Fairchild, Tiler Peck, Ana Sophia Scheller, Abi Stafford
        May 8: ("The Man I Love" with Guest Artist Queen Latifah) Amar Ramasar, Sterling Hyltin
        May 11 Mat: Robert Fairchild, Sterling Hyltin, Ana Sophia Scheller, Ashley Bouder
        May 25 Eve, 26 Mat: Amar Ramasar, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Ashley Bouder
        
        

      With costumes by Tony Award-winning designer Santo Loquasto, Who Cares? uses some of Gershwin's most well-known melodies as the basis for syncopated group dances and balmy, romantic duets.

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      West Side Story Suite

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins; Co-choreographed by Peter Gennaro
      • Principal Casting: May 8: "Cool" excerpt: Andrew Veyette
        May 16, 19, 26 Mat: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Lauren Lovette, Georgina Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        May 18 Eve: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Mat: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Eve: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Georginia Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        
        

      A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.

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• Sunday

  May 26

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    1:45pm
    In Motion
    This pre-performance movement workshop is geared towards children ages 9-12. more info >
    
    $12 general admission for both children and adults.
    
    Performance tickets must be purchased separately; you do not have to attend the corresponding performance to enjoy this activity.
    
    
    Running time: 45 Min.

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    3pm
    TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY

    • Fancy Free
    • Who Cares?
    • West Side Story Suite
    Celebrate the bright lights and bold drama of the Great White Way with three ballets in the Broadway style.
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 25 Min.

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      Fancy Free

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 3, May 4 Eve: Joaquin De Luz, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar, Georgina Pazcoguin, Tiler Peck, Stephanie Chrosniak, David Prottas
        May 9, 25 Mat: Daniel Ulbricht, Tyler Angle, Andrew Veyette, Gretchen Smith*, Sterling Hyltin, Stephanie Chrosniak, David Prottas (*first time in role)
        May 26 Mat: Joaquin de Luz, Robert Fairchild, TBD, Gretchen Smith, Tiler Peck, Stephanie Chrosniak, David Prottas
        
        

      Precursor to the full-length stage and screen productions of On the Town, Fancy Free presents the escapades of three footloose sailors on shore leave in Manhattan.

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      Who Cares?

      • Music by: George Gershwin, orchestration by Hershy Kay
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine
      • Principal Casting: Apr 30, May 1, May 4 Mat: Robert Fairchild, Tiler Peck, Ana Sophia Scheller, Abi Stafford
        May 8: ("The Man I Love" with Guest Artist Queen Latifah) Amar Ramasar, Sterling Hyltin
        May 11 Mat: Robert Fairchild, Sterling Hyltin, Ana Sophia Scheller, Ashley Bouder
        May 25 Eve, 26 Mat: Amar Ramasar, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Ashley Bouder
        
        

      With costumes by Tony Award-winning designer Santo Loquasto, Who Cares? uses some of Gershwin's most well-known melodies as the basis for syncopated group dances and balmy, romantic duets.

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      West Side Story Suite

      • Music by: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins; Co-choreographed by Peter Gennaro
      • Principal Casting: May 8: "Cool" excerpt: Andrew Veyette
        May 16, 19, 26 Mat: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Lauren Lovette, Georgina Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        May 18 Eve: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Mat: Chase Finlay, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Jenifer Ringer, Gretchen Smith
        May 25 Eve: Chase Finlay, Justin Peck, Andrew Veyette, Faye Arthurs, Georginia Pazcoguin, Gretchen Smith
        
        

      A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.

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• Monday

  May 27

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• Tuesday

  May 28

  • 7:10pm
    First Position Discussions
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    7:30pm
    AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY/TSCHAIKOVSKY

    • Interplay
    • The Cage
    • Andantino
    • Western Symphony
    
    Running time: 1 Hr. 51 Min.

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      Interplay

      • Music by: Morton Gould
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 3, May 4 Eve: Lauren Lovette, Brittany Pollack, Ashley Laracey, Erica Pereira, Taylor Stanley, Devin Alberda*, Daniel Ulbricht, Troy Schumacher (* first time in role)
        May 9, May 28: Brittany Pollack*, Sara Adams*, Indiana Woodward*, Kristin Segin*, Peter Walker*, Joseph Gordon*, Harrison Ball*, Spartak Hoxha* (* first time in role)
        
        

      Distinctly American and youthful in spirit, Interplay reveals the best of jazz and boogie-woogie while its dancers take part in playful competition.
      

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      The Cage

      • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 28, Jun 2: Janie Taylor, Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle*, Sean Suozzi
        May 30: Sterlin Hyltin, Rebecca Krohn, Justin Peck, Sean Suozzi
        
        

      Dark and deadly, The Cage plunges into the world of natural selection, depicting the feral instinct compelling the female of an insect species to consider its male counterpart as prey.

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      Andantino

      • Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 28, June 2 Mat: Tiler Peck, Gonzalo Garcia
        May 30: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette
        
        

      Set to the lilting second movement of Tschaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Robbins infused this pas de deux with a sense of sweetness and unforced drama.

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      Western Symphony

      • Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine
      • Principal Casting: May 10, May 11 Eve: ALLEGRO: Rebecca Krohn, Jonathan Stafford; ADAGIO: Megan Fairchild, Jared Angle; RONDO: Teresa Reichlen, Andrew Veyette
        May 12: ALLEGRO: Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley; ADAGIO: Megan Fairchild, Jared Angle; RONDO: Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild
        May 28: ALLEGRO: Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley; ADAGIO: Megan Fairchild, Amar Ramasar*; RONDO: Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild (*first time in role)
        
        

      Western Symphony is a rodeo of frisky fillies and lonesome cowpokes with a rousing, non-stop finale that brings the curtain down.

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• Wednesday

  May 29

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    7:30pm
    ALL AMERICAN

    • Red Angels
    • Sonatas and Interludes
    • In Creases
    • A Fool For You
    This all-American program features three contemporary pieces: Dove's vibrant Red Angels, Tanner's five-part pas de deux Sonatas and Interludes, and the NYC premiere of Peck's first NYCB ballet, In Creases, set to a Philip Glass score. A Fool for You, Martins' tribute to Ray Charles, ends the evening on a playful note.
    
    Running time: 1 Hr. 46 Min.

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      Red Angels

      • Music by: Richard Einhorn
      • Choreography by: Ulysses Dove
      • Principal Casting: May 21: Teresa Reichlen, Amar Ramasar *, Jennie Somogyi, Jared Angle (*first time in role)
        May 29: Maria Kowroski*, Jennie Somogyi, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jared Angle* (*first time in role)
        
        

      A dynamically charged, abstract work, Red Angels highlights the power and athleticism of its four dancers through bold choreography, intense lighting, and a riveting score for electric violin.

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      Sonatas and Interludes

      • Music by: John Cage
      • Choreography by: Richard Tanner
      • Principal Casting: May 29, June 1 Mat: Sara Mearns, Amar Ramasar* (*first time in role)
        
        

      Working their way through five piano pieces by John Cage, two dancers unfold through the fluid yet crisp movements of this quirky pas de deux.

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      In Creases

      • Music by: Philip Glass
      • Choreography by: Justin Peck
      • Principal Casting: May 29, June 1 Mat: Emile Gerrity++, Brittany Pollack++, Sara Adams++, Gretchen Smith++, Robert Fairchild++, Christian Tworzyanski++, Taylor Stanley++, Daniel Applebaum++ (++NYC debut)
        
        

      Peck’s first work for the Company, to a score by Philip Glass, receives its NYC premiere in Spring 2013, following its world premiere during the Company’s 2012 engagement at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

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      A Fool For You

      • Music by: Ray Charles and various composers
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 29: Rebecca Krohn*, Tiler Peck*, Brittany Pollack*, Jonathan Stafford*, Ask la Cour*, Taylor Stanley*, Joaquin De Luz*, Daniel Ulbricht* (*first time in role)
        
        

      A tribute to American music legend Ray Charles, A Fool for You features a cast of dancers performing to 12 songs in playful, sometimes sassy, choreography reminiscent of popular American 50s and 60s dances.

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• Thursday

  May 30

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    7:30pm
    AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY/TSCHAIKOVSKY

    • Glass Pieces
    • The Cage
    • Andantino
    • N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
    A diverse all-Robbins program, the bustling but sleek Glass Pieces gives way to the haunting insects of The Cage.  Andantino is a serene and romantic pas de deux, and N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz serves as an upbeat, rhythmic finale.
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 5 Min.

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      Glass Pieces

      • Music by: Philip Glass
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 8: 3rd Movement excerpt
        May 10, May 12: Ashley Laracey, Lauren King, Faye Arthurs, Maria Kowroski, Chase Finaly, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Christinan Tworzyanski, Amar Ramasar* (*first time in role)
        May 11 Eve, May 30: Brittany Pollack, Lauren King, Lydia Wellington, Wendy Whelan, Daniel Applebaum, Joshua Thew, Andrew Scordato, Adrian Danchig-Waring
        
        

      Expansive in scope and streamlined in style, Glass Pieces captures the pulsating heartbeat of metropolitan life with its charged, urban choreography.

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      The Cage

      • Music by: Igor Stravinsky
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 28, Jun 2: Janie Taylor, Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle*, Sean Suozzi
        May 30: Sterlin Hyltin, Rebecca Krohn, Justin Peck, Sean Suozzi
        
        

      Dark and deadly, The Cage plunges into the world of natural selection, depicting the feral instinct compelling the female of an insect species to consider its male counterpart as prey.

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      Andantino

      • Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 28, June 2 Mat: Tiler Peck, Gonzalo Garcia
        May 30: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette
        
        

      Set to the lilting second movement of Tschaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Robbins infused this pas de deux with a sense of sweetness and unforced drama.

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      N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz

      • Music by: Robert Prince
      • Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
      • Principal Casting: May 10, May 11 Eve, May 12: Georgina Pazcoguin, Justin Peck, Ashley Laracey, Chase Finlay
        May 30, Jun 1 Mat: Gretchen Smith, Zachary Catazaro*, Ashley Laracey, Taylor Stanley* (*first time in role)
        
        

      N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz is a reflection of the post-war era when city streets were bustling with teens moving to cool jazz and angst-ridden beats.

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• Friday

  May 31

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    8pm
    RATMANSKY/MARTINS/BALANCHINE

    • Concerto DSCH
    • Fearful Symmetries
    • Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
    Alexei Ratmansky's widely acclaimed Concerto DSCH features playful allegro sections and tender pas de deux. A longtime audience favorite, Peter Martins' Fearful Symmetries features a pulsing score and vibrant costumes. George Balanchine's Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 begins with three lyrical sections and ends with a technically brilliant finale.
    
    Running time: 2 Hr. 29 Min.

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      Concerto DSCH

      • Music by: Dmitri Shostakovich
      • Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
      • Principal Casting: May 31: Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Gonzalo Garcia, Joaquin De Luz
        
        

      With its thrilling Shostakovich score and dramatic texture, Concerto DSCH excels with classical ingenuity and contemporary stylishness.

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      Fearful Symmetries

      • Music by: John Adams
      • Choreography by: Peter Martins
      • Principal Casting: May 14, 18 Mat: Rebecca Krohn*, Adrian Danchig-Waring*, Tiler Peck, Taylor Stanley, Ashly Isaacs, Anthony Huxley, Devin Alberda, Allen Peiffer, Daniel Applebaum (*first time in role)
        May 31, Jun 1 Eve: Teresa Reichlen, Jonathan Stafford, Sara Mearns, Amar Ramasar, Lauren King, Daniel Ulbricht, Ralph Ippolito, Troy Schumacher, Giovanni Villalobos
        
        

      Fearful Symmetries is an ever-changing cascade of dancers costumed in vibrant tones of red with a racing score by celebrated American composer John Adams.

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      Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3

      • Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
      • Choreography by: George Balanchine
      • Principal Casting: May 31, June 1 Eve: ELEGIE: Rebecca Krohn, Ask la Cour; WALTZ: Abi Stafford, Jared Angle; SCHERZO: Ana Sophia Scheller, Antonio Carmena THEME & VARIATIONS: Megan Fairchild, Andrew Veyette
        
        

      Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.

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