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Explore this season's performances, special events and public programming in the calendar below, or print out calendars of each of our performance periods for an on-the-go reference:

Spring 2013 (April 30 - June 9)

Fall 2013 (September 17 - October 13)
Winter 2014 (January 21 - March 2)
Spring 2014 (April 29 - June 8)

May 2013

Sunday

May 19
- 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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
- Buy Tickets
  7:30pm
  AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY
  - Calcium Light Night
  - River of Light
  - Two Hearts
  - Firebird
  Running time: 2 Hr. 18 Min.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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
- Reserve Tickets
  6:45pm
  
  Dancer Chats
- Buy Tickets
  8pm
  ALL BALANCHINE: TSCHAIKOVSKY/AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY
  - Serenade
  - Ivesiana
  - Tarantella
  - Firebird
  Running time: 2 Hr. 23 Min.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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, 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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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- 7:40pm
  
  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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

May 28
- 7:10pm
  
  First Position Discussions
- Buy Tickets
  7:30pm
  AMERICAN/STRAVINSKY/TSCHAIKOVSKY
  - Interplay
  - The Cage
  - Andantino
  - Western Symphony
  Running time: 1 Hr. 51 Min.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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
- 7:10pm
  
  First Position Discussions
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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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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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June 2013

Saturday

Jun 1
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  2pm
  TSCHAIKOVSKY/AMERICAN
  - Serenade
  - Sonatas and Interludes
  - In Creases
  - N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
  Following Balanchine's breathtakingly elegant Serenade are three contemporary pieces: Tanner's Sonatas and Interludes is an angular five part pas de deux, Justin Peck contributes a new work for NYC audiences, In Creases, and N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz is a playful ballet in sneakers for a youthful cast.
  
  Running time: 2 Hr. 19 Min.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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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  8pm
  STRAVINSKY/AMERICAN/TSCHAIKOVSKY
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  - Fearful Symmetries
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
  Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins' surging Fearful Symmetries is bookended by two George Balanchine masterworks: Stravinsky Violin Concerto is an iconic "black and white" leotard ballet and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 begins with three lyrical and romantic sections before a stunning, classical finale.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 20 Min.
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: June 1 Eve, June 2 Mat: Sterling Hyltin, Robert Fairchild, Maria Kowroski, TBD
    
    A carefully-woven masterpiece of geometry and ingenuity, Stravinsky Violin Concerto is a work of symmetry and order on the outside, but the pair of orchestral arias at its core provides the inspiration for two of Balanchine's most unique pas de deux.
  - 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.
  - 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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