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Sunday May 12, 2013 3:00 PM

Back to calendar FPO COPY - REQ 11.1.5

Classic NYCB, this program opens with the Old West charm of Balanchine's Western Symphony, then hands over the reins to a pair of Robbins masterpieces: his ballet in sneakers N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz and the propulsive and contemporary Glass Pieces. 

  • Location:

  • David H. Koch Theater

  • Running Time:

  • 2 Hr. 2 Min.

BALANCHINE & ROBBINS: MASTERS AT WORK

  • 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: Sterling Hyltin (replaces Megan Fairchild), Amar Ramasar*; RONDO: Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild (*first time in role)
      June 5: ALLEGRO: Abi Stafford, Zachary Catazaro*; ADAGIO: Sterling Hyltin, Amar Ramasar; RONDO: Maria Kowroski, 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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