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Explore all our performances, special events, and public programming in the calendar below, or download the full season schedules below. Single tickets are now on sale for the 2016-17 Season.

Fall 2016 (SEPT 20 - OCT 16)
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker^® (NOV 25 - DEC 31)
Winter 2017 (JAN 17 - FEB 26)
Spring 2017 (APR 18 - MAY 28)

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September 2016

Thursday

Sep 29
- 7:10pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 7:30pm
  BALANCHINE BLACK & WHITE: ALL STRAVINSKY
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  - Monumentum pro Gesualdo
  - Movements for Piano and Orchestra
  - Duo Concertant
  - Symphony in Three Movements
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  Highlighting a signature NYCB style, this collection of boundary breaking ballets celebrates the apex of the Stravinsky/Balanchine collaboration, each work a streamlined marvel of music and movement that continues to astonish decades after its creation.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 10 min.
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Robert Fairchild, Rebecca Krohn, Amar Ramasar
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Lauren Lovette*, Chase Finlay*, Sara Mearns*, Adrian Danchig-Waring (*First time in role)
    
    The outer sections of Stravinsky Violin Concerto are carefully-woven masterpieces of symmetry that peel away to reveal two of Balanchine’s most ingenious and unique pas de deux.
  - Monumentum pro Gesualdo
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Teresa Reichlen, Ask la Cour
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Rebecca Krohn*, Russell Janzen* (*First time in role)
    
    Known for its plush refinement, this streamlined leotard ballet arrests viewers with its formal beauty and simplicity.
  - Movements for Piano and Orchestra
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Teresa Reichlen, Ask la Cour
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Rebecca Krohn, Russell Janzen* (*First time in role)
    
    A signature leotard ballet, Movements for Piano and Orchestra's dissonance and electric currents sweep on a wave of exacting precision.
  - Duo Concertant
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Ashley Bouder, Robert Fairchild
    
    An animated dance for a neoclassical couple, the dancers periodically stop and listen to the onstage musicians before ending with a poignant scene in a pool of light on a dark stage.
  - Symphony in Three Movements
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Tiler Peck, Ana Sophia Scheller, Savannah Lowery, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht, Andrew Scordato
    
    SEPT 29: Sterling Hyltin, Erica Pereira, Megan LeCrone, Taylor Stanley, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon
    
    OCT 8 eve: Sterling Hyltin, Erica Pereira, Megan LeCrone, Aaron Sanz*, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon
    
    One of Balanchine’s most celebrated leotard ballets, Symphony in Three Movements is bold and breathtakingly jet-propelled, a kinetic achievement, striking for its confidence and power.

Friday

Sep 30
- 7:40pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 8pm
  JEWELS
  - Jewels
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  Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, this full-length masterwork manifests the multifaceted opulence of three coveted stones to awe-inducing effect. Sight and sound conjoin in a brilliant display of music and mood, eliciting audible gasps from every audience.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 8 Min.
  - Jewels
    
    Music by: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 28, OCT 1 mat:
    EMERALDS: Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, Rebecca Krohn, Ask la Cour, Erica Pereira, Antonio Carmena, Indiana Woodward (replaces Brittany Pollack)
    RUBIES: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Teresa Reichlen
    DIAMONDS Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle
    
    SEPT 30, OCT 2 mat:
    EMERALDS: Abi Stafford, Jared Angle, Ashley Laracey, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Sara Adams, Harrison Ball, Meagan Mann
    RUBIES: Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Savannah Lowery
    DIAMONDS Teresa Reichlen, Russell Janzen
    
    Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display: Emeralds moves at Fauré's mesmerizing pace, while Rubies races like lightning through Stravinsky's jazz-inflected capriccio. With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine’s classical heritage.

October 2016

Saturday

Oct 1
- 10:30am
  
  Ballet Essentials
  
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  ON SALE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 AT NOON. Experience New York City Ballet in a brand new way in these 75-minute movement workshops for adults with little or no dance training. NYCB dancers lead participants through a ballet warm-up and movement combinations inspired by repertory in the current season. Workshops also include a brief Q&A with the artists. With an ever-changing roster of dancers and repertory, no two Ballet Essentials are the same. Stretch your mind and body at these one-of-a-kind workshops led by some of your favorite dancers.
  
  This event is sold out.
  Running time: 75 Min.
- 12:45pm
  
  Children's Workshop
  
  Buy Tickets
  Join the artists of New York City Ballet in this 45-minute pre-performance exploration of the music, movement, and themes of a ballet featured in the matinee performance. NYCB Teaching Artists guide children in a ballet warm-up and movement combination, concluding in a lively performance for accompanying family and friends. No prior dance training needed.
  
  Please note: both children and adults need a ticket in order to attend.
  Running time: 45 Min.
- 2pm
  JEWELS
  - Jewels
  Buy Tickets
  Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, this full-length masterwork manifests the multifaceted opulence of three coveted stones to awe-inducing effect. Sight and sound conjoin in a brilliant display of music and mood, eliciting audible gasps from every audience.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 10 Min.
  - Jewels
    
    Music by: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 28, OCT 1 mat:
    EMERALDS: Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, Rebecca Krohn, Ask la Cour, Erica Pereira, Antonio Carmena, Indiana Woodward (replaces Brittany Pollack)
    RUBIES: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Teresa Reichlen
    DIAMONDS Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle
    
    SEPT 30, OCT 2 mat:
    EMERALDS: Abi Stafford, Jared Angle, Ashley Laracey, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Sara Adams, Harrison Ball, Meagan Mann
    RUBIES: Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Savannah Lowery
    DIAMONDS Teresa Reichlen, Russell Janzen
    
    Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display: Emeralds moves at Fauré's mesmerizing pace, while Rubies races like lightning through Stravinsky's jazz-inflected capriccio. With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine’s classical heritage.
- 7:40pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 8pm
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS
  - For Clara
  - The Dreamers
  - ten in seven
  - Unframed
  - Everywhere We Go
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  The innovative lifeblood propelling the Company’s creative force is readily apparent in this collection of ballets. Four premieres, three from in-house talents and another from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in her NYCB debut, are performed alongside Justin Peck’s epic 2014 tour de force Everywhere We Go.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 29 Min.
  - For Clara
    
    Music by: Robert Schumann
    
    Choreography by: Lauren Lovette
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat: Emilie Gerrity, Unity Phelan, Indiana Woodward, Zachary Catazaro, Chase Finlay
    
    NYCB’s newest female principal, Lauren Lovette takes on a new role in the rehearsal studio, choreographing her first work for the Company.
  - The Dreamers
    
    Music by: Bohuslav Martinů
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat: Sara Mearns, Amar Ramasar
    
    Critics and audiences respond to Justin Peck’s affinity for maneuvering multiple bodies on the stage, but in his fall premiere, he creates his first NYCB main stage ballet for just two dancers.
  - ten in seven
    
    Music by: Thomas Kikta
    
    Choreography by: Peter Walker
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat: Emily Kikta, Ashly Isaacs, Indiana Woodward (replaces Sarah Villwock), Rachel Hutsell, Gretchen Smith, Russell Janzen, Taylor Stanley, Spartak Hoxha, Daniel Applebaum, Sean Suozzi
    
    Corps de Ballet Member Peter Walker has caught the attention of dance enthusiasts for years in social media videos featuring his fellow dancers, and now he brings his choreographic talents from the screen to the stage.
  - Unframed
    
    Music by: Luigi Boccherini, Edward Elgar, and Peteris Vasks
    
    Choreography by: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5: Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Alexa Maxwell (replaces Brittany Pollack), Lauren King, Jackie Bologna, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jared Angle, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht, Preston Chamblee
    
    OCT 15 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Brittany Pollack, Lauren King, Jackie Bologna, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jared Angle, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht, Preston Chamblee
    
    Colombian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has choreographed the world over, including our New York Choreographic Institute, and she returns in Fall 2016 to create her first ballet for NYCB.
  - Everywhere We Go
    
    Music by: Sufjan Stevens
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 27, OCT 1 eve: Rebecca Krohn, Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette
    
    OCT 5, 15 mat: Rebecca Krohn, Ashly Isaacs, Lauren King*, Emily Kikta*, Russell Janzen*, Taylor Stanley*, Gonzalo Garcia*
    
    The epic Everywhere We Go features 25 dancers in a nine-part exploration of Sufjan Stevens' cinematic score, the indie-pop icon's first original orchestral work, with each section accented by a multi-layered and shifting geometric backdrop.

Sunday

Oct 2
- 3pm
  JEWELS
  - Jewels
  Buy Tickets
  Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, this full-length masterwork manifests the multifaceted opulence of three coveted stones to awe-inducing effect. Sight and sound conjoin in a brilliant display of music and mood, eliciting audible gasps from every audience.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 8 Min.
  - Jewels
    
    Music by: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 28, OCT 1 mat:
    EMERALDS: Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, Rebecca Krohn, Ask la Cour, Erica Pereira, Antonio Carmena, Indiana Woodward (replaces Brittany Pollack)
    RUBIES: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Teresa Reichlen
    DIAMONDS Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle
    
    SEPT 30, OCT 2 mat:
    EMERALDS: Abi Stafford, Jared Angle, Ashley Laracey, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Sara Adams, Harrison Ball, Meagan Mann
    RUBIES: Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Savannah Lowery
    DIAMONDS Teresa Reichlen, Russell Janzen
    
    Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display: Emeralds moves at Fauré's mesmerizing pace, while Rubies races like lightning through Stravinsky's jazz-inflected capriccio. With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine’s classical heritage.

Monday

Oct 3
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

Oct 4
- 7:10pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 7:30pm
  AMERICAN MUSIC
  - Glass Pieces
  - Thou Swell
  - Stars and Stripes
  Buy Tickets
  Evoking the urban heartbeat of our bustling metropolis, the glamour and chivalry of café society, and the all-American cheer of patriotic marches, this action-packed program brings together works from three NYCB patriarchs for a rousing performance of pulse, brio, and pomp.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 31 Min.
  - Glass Pieces
    
    Music by: Philip Glass
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 9 mat: Ashley Hod, Meagan Mann, Laine Habony, Sara Mearns, Daniel Applebaum, Peter Walker, Cameron Dieck, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    
    OCT 6, 16: Unity Phelan, Emilie Gerrity*, Lydia Wellington, Rebecca Krohn, Joseph Gordon, Andrew Scordato*, Preston Chamblee, Amar Ramasar (*First time in role)
    
    Expansive in scope and streamlined in style, Glass Pieces captures the pulsating heartbeat of metropolitan life with its charged, urban choreography, concluding in a finale that propels the corps de ballet across the stage at an electrifying pace.
  - Thou Swell
    
    Music by: Richard Rodgers; Music Arranged by Glen Kelly; Orchestrations by Don Sebesky
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 6, 9, 16: Sara Mearns, Rebecca Krohn, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Ask la Cour
    
    Thou Swell embodies all the glamour of early-20th-century café society with its glittering décor, sumptuous fashion, and romantic Rodgers songs.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 9: Megan Fairchild, Tyler Angle, Erica Pereira, Savannah Lowery, Daniel Ulbricht
    
    OCT 6, 16: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Lauren King, Megan LeCrone, Troy Schumacher
    
    Set to Sousa's buoyant marches and dressed in Karinska's delightful all-American costumes, Stars and Stripes contains as much pure dancing as many full-length classical ballets.

Wednesday

Oct 5
- 7:30pm
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS
  - For Clara
  - The Dreamers
  - ten in seven
  - Unframed
  - Everywhere We Go
  Buy Tickets
  The innovative lifeblood propelling the Company’s creative force is readily apparent in this collection of ballets. Four premieres, three from in-house talents and another from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in her NYCB debut, are performed alongside Justin Peck’s epic 2014 tour de force Everywhere We Go.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 29 Min.
  - For Clara
    
    Music by: Robert Schumann
    
    Choreography by: Lauren Lovette
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat: Emilie Gerrity, Unity Phelan, Indiana Woodward, Zachary Catazaro, Chase Finlay
    
    NYCB’s newest female principal, Lauren Lovette takes on a new role in the rehearsal studio, choreographing her first work for the Company.
  - The Dreamers
    
    Music by: Bohuslav Martinů
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat: Sara Mearns, Amar Ramasar
    
    Critics and audiences respond to Justin Peck’s affinity for maneuvering multiple bodies on the stage, but in his fall premiere, he creates his first NYCB main stage ballet for just two dancers.
  - ten in seven
    
    Music by: Thomas Kikta
    
    Choreography by: Peter Walker
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat: Emily Kikta, Ashly Isaacs, Indiana Woodward (replaces Sarah Villwock), Rachel Hutsell, Gretchen Smith, Russell Janzen, Taylor Stanley, Spartak Hoxha, Daniel Applebaum, Sean Suozzi
    
    Corps de Ballet Member Peter Walker has caught the attention of dance enthusiasts for years in social media videos featuring his fellow dancers, and now he brings his choreographic talents from the screen to the stage.
  - Unframed
    
    Music by: Luigi Boccherini, Edward Elgar, and Peteris Vasks
    
    Choreography by: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5: Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Alexa Maxwell (replaces Brittany Pollack), Lauren King, Jackie Bologna, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jared Angle, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht, Preston Chamblee
    
    OCT 15 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Brittany Pollack, Lauren King, Jackie Bologna, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jared Angle, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht, Preston Chamblee
    
    Colombian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has choreographed the world over, including our New York Choreographic Institute, and she returns in Fall 2016 to create her first ballet for NYCB.
  - Everywhere We Go
    
    Music by: Sufjan Stevens
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 27, OCT 1 eve: Rebecca Krohn, Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette
    
    OCT 5, 15 mat: Rebecca Krohn, Ashly Isaacs, Lauren King*, Emily Kikta*, Russell Janzen*, Taylor Stanley*, Gonzalo Garcia*
    
    The epic Everywhere We Go features 25 dancers in a nine-part exploration of Sufjan Stevens' cinematic score, the indie-pop icon's first original orchestral work, with each section accented by a multi-layered and shifting geometric backdrop.

Thursday

Oct 6
- 7:10pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 7:30pm
  AMERICAN MUSIC
  - Glass Pieces
  - Thou Swell
  - Stars and Stripes
  Buy Tickets
  Evoking the urban heartbeat of our bustling metropolis, the glamour and chivalry of café society, and the all-American cheer of patriotic marches, this action-packed program brings together works from three NYCB patriarchs for a rousing performance of pulse, brio, and pomp.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 31 Min.
  - Glass Pieces
    
    Music by: Philip Glass
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 9 mat: Ashley Hod, Meagan Mann, Laine Habony, Sara Mearns, Daniel Applebaum, Peter Walker, Cameron Dieck, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    
    OCT 6, 16: Unity Phelan, Emilie Gerrity*, Lydia Wellington, Rebecca Krohn, Joseph Gordon, Andrew Scordato*, Preston Chamblee, Amar Ramasar (*First time in role)
    
    Expansive in scope and streamlined in style, Glass Pieces captures the pulsating heartbeat of metropolitan life with its charged, urban choreography, concluding in a finale that propels the corps de ballet across the stage at an electrifying pace.
  - Thou Swell
    
    Music by: Richard Rodgers; Music Arranged by Glen Kelly; Orchestrations by Don Sebesky
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 6, 9, 16: Sara Mearns, Rebecca Krohn, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Ask la Cour
    
    Thou Swell embodies all the glamour of early-20th-century café society with its glittering décor, sumptuous fashion, and romantic Rodgers songs.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 9: Megan Fairchild, Tyler Angle, Erica Pereira, Savannah Lowery, Daniel Ulbricht
    
    OCT 6, 16: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Lauren King, Megan LeCrone, Troy Schumacher
    
    Set to Sousa's buoyant marches and dressed in Karinska's delightful all-American costumes, Stars and Stripes contains as much pure dancing as many full-length classical ballets.

Friday

Oct 7
- 7:40pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 8pm
  CLASSIC NYCB
  - Serenade
  - American Rhapsody
  - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  - Western Symphony
  Buy Tickets
  A program of passion and high-spirits, the transcendent lift of Serenade and the brash humor of the Wild West bookend a recent premiere to George Gershwin’s beloved, jazz-inflected concerto and a world-famous showpiece known for its balance of romantic lyricism and virtuosic surprise.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 20 Min.
  - Serenade
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Megan Fairchild, Teresa Reichlen, Zachary Catazaro, Ask la Cour
    
    OCT 12: Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    
    The first ballet Balanchine choreographed in America is a romantic work of immense sweep, set to a transcendent Tschaikovsky score.
  - American Rhapsody
    
    Music by: George Gershwin
    
    Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Tiler Peck, Unity Phelan, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar
    
    OCT 12: Lauren Lovette*, Unity Phelan, Russell Janzen*, Amar Ramasar (*First time in role)
    
    Tony Award-winner (An American in Paris) and former NYCB Resident Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon draws upon his recent Broadway success in his latest NYCB creation, set to Gershwin’s popular Rhapsody in Blue.
  - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Ashly Isaacs, Gonzalo Garcia
    
    OCT 12: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette
    
    A virtuosic ballet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is brief, beautiful, and beloved – an adrenaline rush for both dancers and audiences.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Indiana Woodward* (replaces Brittany Pollack), Sean Suozzi*, Sara Mearns, Andrew Veyette (*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.

Saturday

Oct 8
- 12:45pm
  
  Children's Workshop
  
  Buy Tickets
  Join the artists of New York City Ballet in this 45-minute pre-performance exploration of the music, movement, and themes of a ballet featured in the matinee performance. NYCB Teaching Artists guide children in a ballet warm-up and movement combination, concluding in a lively performance for accompanying family and friends. No prior dance training needed.
  
  Please note: both children and adults need a ticket in order to attend.
  Running time: 45 Min.
- 12:45pm
  
  In Motion Workshop
  
  Buy Tickets
  Join the artists of New York City Ballet in this 45-minute, pre-performance exploration of the music, movement, and themes of a ballet featured in the matinee performance. Each workshop includes a ballet warm-up, a movement combination with choreography inspired by the featured ballet and a brief interview with 2 NYCB dancers. No prior dance training needed, and children without dance experience are encouraged to attend.
  
  Please note: both children and adults need a ticket in order to attend.
  Running time: 45 Min.
- 2pm
  CLASSIC NYCB
  - Serenade
  - American Rhapsody
  - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  - Western Symphony
  Buy Tickets
  A program of passion and high-spirits, the transcendent lift of Serenade and the brash humor of the Wild West bookend a recent premiere to George Gershwin’s beloved, jazz-inflected concerto and a world-famous showpiece known for its balance of romantic lyricism and virtuosic surprise.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 20 Min.
  - Serenade
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Megan Fairchild, Teresa Reichlen, Zachary Catazaro, Ask la Cour
    
    OCT 12: Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    
    The first ballet Balanchine choreographed in America is a romantic work of immense sweep, set to a transcendent Tschaikovsky score.
  - American Rhapsody
    
    Music by: George Gershwin
    
    Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Tiler Peck, Unity Phelan, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar
    
    OCT 12: Lauren Lovette*, Unity Phelan, Russell Janzen*, Amar Ramasar (*First time in role)
    
    Tony Award-winner (An American in Paris) and former NYCB Resident Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon draws upon his recent Broadway success in his latest NYCB creation, set to Gershwin’s popular Rhapsody in Blue.
  - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Ashly Isaacs, Gonzalo Garcia
    
    OCT 12: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette
    
    A virtuosic ballet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is brief, beautiful, and beloved – an adrenaline rush for both dancers and audiences.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Indiana Woodward* (replaces Brittany Pollack), Sean Suozzi*, Sara Mearns, Andrew Veyette (*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.
- 7:40pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 8pm
  BALANCHINE BLACK & WHITE: ALL STRAVINSKY
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  - Monumentum pro Gesualdo
  - Movements for Piano and Orchestra
  - Duo Concertant
  - Symphony in Three Movements
  Buy Tickets
  Highlighting a signature NYCB style, this collection of boundary breaking ballets celebrates the apex of the Stravinsky/Balanchine collaboration, each work a streamlined marvel of music and movement that continues to astonish decades after its creation.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 10 min.
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Robert Fairchild, Rebecca Krohn, Amar Ramasar
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Lauren Lovette*, Chase Finlay*, Sara Mearns*, Adrian Danchig-Waring (*First time in role)
    
    The outer sections of Stravinsky Violin Concerto are carefully-woven masterpieces of symmetry that peel away to reveal two of Balanchine’s most ingenious and unique pas de deux.
  - Monumentum pro Gesualdo
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Teresa Reichlen, Ask la Cour
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Rebecca Krohn*, Russell Janzen* (*First time in role)
    
    Known for its plush refinement, this streamlined leotard ballet arrests viewers with its formal beauty and simplicity.
  - Movements for Piano and Orchestra
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Teresa Reichlen, Ask la Cour
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Rebecca Krohn, Russell Janzen* (*First time in role)
    
    A signature leotard ballet, Movements for Piano and Orchestra's dissonance and electric currents sweep on a wave of exacting precision.
  - Duo Concertant
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley
    
    SEPT 29, OCT 8 eve: Ashley Bouder, Robert Fairchild
    
    An animated dance for a neoclassical couple, the dancers periodically stop and listen to the onstage musicians before ending with a poignant scene in a pool of light on a dark stage.
  - Symphony in Three Movements
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: SEPT 21, 24 mat: Tiler Peck, Ana Sophia Scheller, Savannah Lowery, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht, Andrew Scordato
    
    SEPT 29: Sterling Hyltin, Erica Pereira, Megan LeCrone, Taylor Stanley, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon
    
    OCT 8 eve: Sterling Hyltin, Erica Pereira, Megan LeCrone, Aaron Sanz*, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon
    
    One of Balanchine’s most celebrated leotard ballets, Symphony in Three Movements is bold and breathtakingly jet-propelled, a kinetic achievement, striking for its confidence and power.

Sunday

Oct 9
- 3pm
  AMERICAN MUSIC
  - Glass Pieces
  - Thou Swell
  - Stars and Stripes
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  Evoking the urban heartbeat of our bustling metropolis, the glamour and chivalry of café society, and the all-American cheer of patriotic marches, this action-packed program brings together works from three NYCB patriarchs for a rousing performance of pulse, brio, and pomp.
  Running time: 2 Hrs. 31 Min.
  - Glass Pieces
    
    Music by: Philip Glass
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 9 mat: Ashley Hod, Meagan Mann, Laine Habony, Sara Mearns, Daniel Applebaum, Peter Walker, Cameron Dieck, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    
    OCT 6, 16: Unity Phelan, Emilie Gerrity*, Lydia Wellington, Rebecca Krohn, Joseph Gordon, Andrew Scordato*, Preston Chamblee, Amar Ramasar (*First time in role)
    
    Expansive in scope and streamlined in style, Glass Pieces captures the pulsating heartbeat of metropolitan life with its charged, urban choreography, concluding in a finale that propels the corps de ballet across the stage at an electrifying pace.
  - Thou Swell
    
    Music by: Richard Rodgers; Music Arranged by Glen Kelly; Orchestrations by Don Sebesky
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 6, 9, 16: Sara Mearns, Rebecca Krohn, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, Amar Ramasar, Robert Fairchild, Ask la Cour
    
    Thou Swell embodies all the glamour of early-20th-century café society with its glittering décor, sumptuous fashion, and romantic Rodgers songs.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 4, 9: Megan Fairchild, Tyler Angle, Erica Pereira, Savannah Lowery, Daniel Ulbricht
    
    OCT 6, 16: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Lauren King, Megan LeCrone, Troy Schumacher
    
    Set to Sousa's buoyant marches and dressed in Karinska's delightful all-American costumes, Stars and Stripes contains as much pure dancing as many full-length classical ballets.

Monday

Oct 10
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

Oct 11
- 7:30pm
  MASTERS AT WORK
  - Dances at a Gathering
  - Firebird
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  George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins’ contrasting styles created a repertory unmatched the world over, and this duo of masterworks, a landmark piano ballet distilling the spectrum of human emotions and a lush fairytale awash in Chagall’s surreal sets and costumes, is the perfect pairing.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 10 Min.
  - Dances at a Gathering
    
    Music by: Frédéric Chopin
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 11, 13: Tiler Peck, Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild, Ashley Bouder*, Lauren King, Joaquin De Luz, Tyler Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Joseph Gordon, Chase Finlay (*First time in role)
    
    OCT 14, 15 eve: Sterling Hyltin, Rebecca Krohn, Lauren Lovette, Megan Fairchild, Lauren King, Gonzalo Garcia, Robert Fairchild*, Amar Ramasar, Harrison Ball*, Zachary Catazaro (*First time in role)
    
    The quintessential piano ballet, Dances at a Gathering distills the spectrum of human interaction into the most natural of movements, a landmark for its invention, virtuosity, and constantly shifting emotions.
  - Firebird
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 11, 13: Teresa Reichlen, Justin Peck, Savannah Lowery, Andrew Scordato
    
    OCT 14, 15 eve: Ashley Bouder, Zachary Catazaro*, Ashley Laracey*, Silas Farley* (*First time in role)
    
    Dressed in Chagall’s exquisite sets and costumes, Firebird illustrates an enchanting Russian fairytale and the fantastical creatures of its strange world.

Wednesday

Oct 12
- 7:10pm
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Join us 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring for an informal discussion about the program.
- 7:30pm
  CLASSIC NYCB
  - Serenade
  - American Rhapsody
  - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  - Western Symphony
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  A program of passion and high-spirits, the transcendent lift of Serenade and the brash humor of the Wild West bookend a recent premiere to George Gershwin’s beloved, jazz-inflected concerto and a world-famous showpiece known for its balance of romantic lyricism and virtuosic surprise.
  Running time: 2 Hr. 20 Min.
  - Serenade
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Megan Fairchild, Teresa Reichlen, Zachary Catazaro, Ask la Cour
    
    OCT 12: Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck, Megan LeCrone, Jared Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    
    The first ballet Balanchine choreographed in America is a romantic work of immense sweep, set to a transcendent Tschaikovsky score.
  - American Rhapsody
    
    Music by: George Gershwin
    
    Choreography by: Christopher Wheeldon
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Tiler Peck, Unity Phelan, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar
    
    OCT 12: Lauren Lovette*, Unity Phelan, Russell Janzen*, Amar Ramasar (*First time in role)
    
    Tony Award-winner (An American in Paris) and former NYCB Resident Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon draws upon his recent Broadway success in his latest NYCB creation, set to Gershwin’s popular Rhapsody in Blue.
  - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Ashly Isaacs, Gonzalo Garcia
    
    OCT 12: Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette
    
    A virtuosic ballet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is brief, beautiful, and beloved – an adrenaline rush for both dancers and audiences.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: OCT 7, 8 mat: Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Indiana Woodward* (replaces Brittany Pollack), Sean Suozzi*, Sara Mearns, Andrew Veyette (*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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