Dancers’ Choice: A Benefit for the Dancer’s Emergency Fund
Friday, June 27 at 8 PM
The first annual Dancers’ Choice performance supports NYCB’s Dancers’ Emergency Fund, which was instituted to provide financial resources for NYCB dancers in situations of extraordinary need.
This special one-time-only program will feature a World Premiere by NYCB Soloist Adam Hendrickson to music composed by NYCB corps de ballet member Aaron Severini, along with excerpts from:
Beethoven Romance
Beethoven/MartinsDances at a Gathering
Chopin/Robbins
Ecstatic Orange
Torke/Martins
Glass Pieces
Glass/Robbins
Interplay
Gould/Robbins
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Rubies
Stravinsky/Balanchine
Mecurial Manoeuvres
Shostakovich/Wheeldon
Square Dance
Vivaldi, Corelli/Balanchine
Symphony in C
Bizet/Balanchine
Union Jack
Kay/Balanchine
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Initiated by Peter Martins, Principal Dancer Jonathan Stafford was asked to conceive and supervise the evening along with its marketing and promotional efforts, marking the first time that a NYCB dancer has programmed and cast a Company performance. To assist him in planning the evening, Jonathan has put together a committee of dancers, including Kyle Froman, Craig Hall, Amanda Hankes, Adam Hendrickson, Ask la Cour, Henry Seth, and Daniel Ulbricht.The evening also features special pricing with Orchestra, First, and Second Rings tickets at $45 and tickets for all other areas of the theater at $25.
Click HERE to order tickets, call CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, or purchase in person at the New York State Theater Box Office at W. 63rd St. & Columbus Ave.