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ON STAGE THIS WINTER
Alexei Ratmansky returns to NYCB this winter with the world premiere of Voices. The ballet is set to Voices and Piano, an experimental score by Austrian composer Peter Ablinger, in which a pianist mimics the vocal modulations of recorded speech from the likes of Nina Simone, filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad, artist Agnes Martin, and others. See the world premiere of Voices on the New Combinations program JAN 30, with ten additional performances through May 2020.
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This year's annual luncheon program, Modern Masters, will explore how George Balanchine broke the barriers between classical ballet and modern dance, paving the way for today’s choreographic voices. Moderated by Donya Archer Bommer, the panel will feature former Principal Dancer Bart Cook, Merce Cunningham Repetituer Jean Freebury, and Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley.
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Join NYCB for a special presentation illuminating the extraordinary creative partnership of Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine. Together they paved the way for classical ballet as a modern art form in America. Featuring discussion and excerpts performed from some of Stravinsky and Balanchine's innovative works, this program will celebrate and explore their decades-long artistic relationship.
Principal Dancer Ask la Cour talks about performing the second aria pas de deux in Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto, which he likens to a co-dependent relationship. See this iconic Balanchine Black & While ballet on the Stravinsky & Balanchine program, JAN 21, 23, 26, FEB 1 mat, and FEB 2.
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Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley delves into Jerome Robbins’ moody Opus 19/The Dreamer, discussing the therapeutic nature of taking on a ballet that essentially takes place in another reality. See this emotionally compelling masterwork this winter on the New Combinations program, JAN 30, 31, FEB 4, 8 mat, and 12.
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