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April 2019

Thursday

Apr 25
- 7:30 PM
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS I
  - Pictures at an Exhibition
  - Oltremare
  - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
  Buy Tickets
  The Company’s evolution through the commissioning of new works is displayed in this program featuring ballets from three leading choreographers: Alexei Ratmansky’s multi-hued ballet inspired by Mussorgsky’s celebrated piano suite; Mauro Bigonzetti’s folk-inflected Oltremare, a dramatic rumination on the immigrant experience; and Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, Justin Peck’s ballet danced to the famous Aaron Copland score, distinctive in its structure for its all-male corps de ballet.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 12 min.
  - Pictures at an Exhibition
    
    Music by: Modest Mussorgsky
    
    Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 26: Sterling Hyltin, Georgina Pazcoguin, Indiana Woodward (replaces Tiler Peck), Lauren King * (replaces Abi Stafford), Gretchen Smith, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht*, Taylor Stanley, Joseph Gordon, Aaron Sanz
    APR 25, 27 eve: Lauren Lovette**, Sara Mearns, Indiana Woodward, Lauren King*, Claire Kretzschmar, Adrian Danchig-Waring**, Andrew Veyette, Gonzalo Garcia, Roman Mejia*, Andrew Scordato*
    *First Time in Role, ** NYC Debut
    
    Like the ever-changing Wassily Kandinsky watercolors that set the stage, Pictures at an Exhibition’s ten dancers move in varying combinations to display a plethora of emotion, from raw and wild to solemn and soulful.
  - Oltremare
    
    Music by: Bruno Moretti
    
    Choreography by: Mauro Bigonzetti
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 25, 26, 27 eve: Maria Kowroski, Brittany Pollack (replaces Tiler Peck), Georgina Pazcoguin, Megan LeCrone, Tyler Angle, Andrew Veyette, Peter Walker, Christopher Grant*
    *First Time in Role
    
    Brooding and intensely physical, Oltremare depicts the journey toward a new life with both its struggles and adrenaline-rising anticipation.
  - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
    
    Music by: Aaron Copland
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 26: Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen*, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley*
    APR 25, 27 eve: Brittany Pollack (replaces Tiler Peck), Taylor Stanley*, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley
    *First Time in Role
    
    An abstract take on Aaron Copland’s well known Americana score, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes pairs a lone woman with a cast of 15 jocular, energetic, and charming male dancers for a fresh and thrilling adventure that audiences adore.

Friday

Apr 26
- 7:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 8 PM
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS I
  - Pictures at an Exhibition
  - Oltremare
  - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
  Buy Tickets
  The Company’s evolution through the commissioning of new works is displayed in this program featuring ballets from three leading choreographers: Alexei Ratmansky’s multi-hued ballet inspired by Mussorgsky’s celebrated piano suite; Mauro Bigonzetti’s folk-inflected Oltremare, a dramatic rumination on the immigrant experience; and Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, Justin Peck’s ballet danced to the famous Aaron Copland score, distinctive in its structure for its all-male corps de ballet.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 12 min.
  - Pictures at an Exhibition
    
    Music by: Modest Mussorgsky
    
    Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 26: Sterling Hyltin, Georgina Pazcoguin, Indiana Woodward (replaces Tiler Peck), Lauren King * (replaces Abi Stafford), Gretchen Smith, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht*, Taylor Stanley, Joseph Gordon, Aaron Sanz
    APR 25, 27 eve: Lauren Lovette**, Sara Mearns, Indiana Woodward, Lauren King*, Claire Kretzschmar, Adrian Danchig-Waring**, Andrew Veyette, Gonzalo Garcia, Roman Mejia*, Andrew Scordato*
    *First Time in Role, ** NYC Debut
    
    Like the ever-changing Wassily Kandinsky watercolors that set the stage, Pictures at an Exhibition’s ten dancers move in varying combinations to display a plethora of emotion, from raw and wild to solemn and soulful.
  - Oltremare
    
    Music by: Bruno Moretti
    
    Choreography by: Mauro Bigonzetti
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 25, 26, 27 eve: Maria Kowroski, Brittany Pollack (replaces Tiler Peck), Georgina Pazcoguin, Megan LeCrone, Tyler Angle, Andrew Veyette, Peter Walker, Christopher Grant*
    *First Time in Role
    
    Brooding and intensely physical, Oltremare depicts the journey toward a new life with both its struggles and adrenaline-rising anticipation.
  - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
    
    Music by: Aaron Copland
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 26: Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen*, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley*
    APR 25, 27 eve: Brittany Pollack (replaces Tiler Peck), Taylor Stanley*, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley
    *First Time in Role
    
    An abstract take on Aaron Copland’s well known Americana score, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes pairs a lone woman with a cast of 15 jocular, energetic, and charming male dancers for a fresh and thrilling adventure that audiences adore.

Saturday

Apr 27
- 1:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 2 PM
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS II
  - Hallelujah Junction
  - Herman Schmerman
  - The Exchange (New Neenan)
  - Concerto DSCH
  Buy Tickets
  The spring’s ample variety of contemporary works continues with this quartet of ballets. For his taut, high-energy Hallelujah Junction Peter Martins returned to a favorite composer, John Adams, and his score for two pianos that gives the ballet its title. William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman, staged for the first time in its entirety after more than 20 years, joins Alexei Ratmansky's acclaimed Concerto DSCH and Matthew Neenan’s first dance for the Company, from Fall 2018.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 2 min.
  - Hallelujah Junction
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: APR 24, MAY 1: Sterling Hyltin, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht
    APR 27 mat, 28: Megan LeCrone*, Aaron Sanz*, Roman Mejia*
    *First Time in Role
    
    Martins’ Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of propulsive vitality, set to a pulsing John Adams score played by two onstage pianists.
  - Herman Schmerman
    
    Music by: Thom Willems (commissioned for The Diamond Project)
    
    Choreography by: William Forsythe
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, 27 mat, 28: Sara Mearns, Brittany Pollack, Unity Phelan, Megan LeCrone (replaces Tiler Peck), Harrison Ball, Devin Alberda, Aaron Sanz (replaces Tyler Angle)
    
    Forsythe’s angular, contemporary choreography, paired with an electronic score by his long-time collaborator Thom Willems, is on full display in the first complete staging of this ballet in over two decades.
  - The Exchange (New Neenan)
    
    Music by: Antonín Dvořák
    
    Choreography by: Matthew Neenan
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, 27 mat: Maria Kowroski, Unity Phelan, Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara, Lydia Wellington, Erica Pereira (replaces Tiler Peck), Emilie Gerrity, Rachel Hutsell, Claire Kretzschmar, Adrian Danchig-Waring*, Andrew Scordato, Daniel Applebaum, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon, Devin Alberda*, Kennard Henson, Spartak Hoxha
    APR 28, MAY 1: Teresa Reichlen*, Unity Phelan, Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara, Lydia Wellington, Erica Pereira (replaces Tiler Peck), Emilie Gerrity, Rachel Hutsell, Claire Kretzschmar, Russell Janzen, Andrew Scordato, Daniel Applebaum, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon, Devin Alberda, Kennard Henson, Spartak Hoxha
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to an impassioned score for string quartet, Matthew Neenan’s first work for NYCB crafts a world of abstract beauty, enhanced by striking scarlet and black costumes from Gareth Pugh that help develop a narrative of connection and antagonism as tribe-like groupings parry back and forth.
  - Concerto DSCH
    
    Music by: Dmitri Shostakovich
    
    Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, MAY 1: Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley
    APR 27 mat, 28: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Brittany Pollack, Harrison Ball, Joseph Gordon
    
    With its thrilling Shostakovich score and dramatic texture, Ratmansky’s acclaimed 2008 creation excels with classical ingenuity and contemporary stylishness.
- 7:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 8 PM
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS I
  - Pictures at an Exhibition
  - Oltremare
  - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
  Buy Tickets
  The Company’s evolution through the commissioning of new works is displayed in this program featuring ballets from three leading choreographers: Alexei Ratmansky’s multi-hued ballet inspired by Mussorgsky’s celebrated piano suite; Mauro Bigonzetti’s folk-inflected Oltremare, a dramatic rumination on the immigrant experience; and Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, Justin Peck’s ballet danced to the famous Aaron Copland score, distinctive in its structure for its all-male corps de ballet.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 12 min.
  - Pictures at an Exhibition
    
    Music by: Modest Mussorgsky
    
    Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 26: Sterling Hyltin, Georgina Pazcoguin, Indiana Woodward (replaces Tiler Peck), Lauren King * (replaces Abi Stafford), Gretchen Smith, Tyler Angle, Daniel Ulbricht*, Taylor Stanley, Joseph Gordon, Aaron Sanz
    APR 25, 27 eve: Lauren Lovette**, Sara Mearns, Indiana Woodward, Lauren King*, Claire Kretzschmar, Adrian Danchig-Waring**, Andrew Veyette, Gonzalo Garcia, Roman Mejia*, Andrew Scordato*
    *First Time in Role, ** NYC Debut
    
    Like the ever-changing Wassily Kandinsky watercolors that set the stage, Pictures at an Exhibition’s ten dancers move in varying combinations to display a plethora of emotion, from raw and wild to solemn and soulful.
  - Oltremare
    
    Music by: Bruno Moretti
    
    Choreography by: Mauro Bigonzetti
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 25, 26, 27 eve: Maria Kowroski, Brittany Pollack (replaces Tiler Peck), Georgina Pazcoguin, Megan LeCrone, Tyler Angle, Andrew Veyette, Peter Walker, Christopher Grant*
    *First Time in Role
    
    Brooding and intensely physical, Oltremare depicts the journey toward a new life with both its struggles and adrenaline-rising anticipation.
  - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
    
    Music by: Aaron Copland
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 23, 26: Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen*, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley*
    APR 25, 27 eve: Brittany Pollack (replaces Tiler Peck), Taylor Stanley*, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley
    *First Time in Role
    
    An abstract take on Aaron Copland’s well known Americana score, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes pairs a lone woman with a cast of 15 jocular, energetic, and charming male dancers for a fresh and thrilling adventure that audiences adore.

Sunday

Apr 28
- 3 PM
  21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS II
  - Hallelujah Junction
  - Herman Schmerman
  - The Exchange (New Neenan)
  - Concerto DSCH
  Buy Tickets
  The spring’s ample variety of contemporary works continues with this quartet of ballets. For his taut, high-energy Hallelujah Junction Peter Martins returned to a favorite composer, John Adams, and his score for two pianos that gives the ballet its title. William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman, staged for the first time in its entirety after more than 20 years, joins Alexei Ratmansky's acclaimed Concerto DSCH and Matthew Neenan’s first dance for the Company, from Fall 2018.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 2 min.
  - Hallelujah Junction
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: APR 24, MAY 1: Sterling Hyltin, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht
    APR 27 mat, 28: Megan LeCrone*, Aaron Sanz*, Roman Mejia*
    *First Time in Role
    
    Martins’ Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of propulsive vitality, set to a pulsing John Adams score played by two onstage pianists.
  - Herman Schmerman
    
    Music by: Thom Willems (commissioned for The Diamond Project)
    
    Choreography by: William Forsythe
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, 27 mat, 28: Sara Mearns, Brittany Pollack, Unity Phelan, Megan LeCrone (replaces Tiler Peck), Harrison Ball, Devin Alberda, Aaron Sanz (replaces Tyler Angle)
    
    Forsythe’s angular, contemporary choreography, paired with an electronic score by his long-time collaborator Thom Willems, is on full display in the first complete staging of this ballet in over two decades.
  - The Exchange (New Neenan)
    
    Music by: Antonín Dvořák
    
    Choreography by: Matthew Neenan
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, 27 mat: Maria Kowroski, Unity Phelan, Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara, Lydia Wellington, Erica Pereira (replaces Tiler Peck), Emilie Gerrity, Rachel Hutsell, Claire Kretzschmar, Adrian Danchig-Waring*, Andrew Scordato, Daniel Applebaum, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon, Devin Alberda*, Kennard Henson, Spartak Hoxha
    APR 28, MAY 1: Teresa Reichlen*, Unity Phelan, Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara, Lydia Wellington, Erica Pereira (replaces Tiler Peck), Emilie Gerrity, Rachel Hutsell, Claire Kretzschmar, Russell Janzen, Andrew Scordato, Daniel Applebaum, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon, Devin Alberda, Kennard Henson, Spartak Hoxha
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to an impassioned score for string quartet, Matthew Neenan’s first work for NYCB crafts a world of abstract beauty, enhanced by striking scarlet and black costumes from Gareth Pugh that help develop a narrative of connection and antagonism as tribe-like groupings parry back and forth.
  - Concerto DSCH
    
    Music by: Dmitri Shostakovich
    
    Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, MAY 1: Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley
    APR 27 mat, 28: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Brittany Pollack, Harrison Ball, Joseph Gordon
    
    With its thrilling Shostakovich score and dramatic texture, Ratmansky’s acclaimed 2008 creation excels with classical ingenuity and contemporary stylishness.

Monday

Apr 29
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

Apr 30
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  ALL BALANCHINE
  - Scotch Symphony
  - Duo Concertant
  - Sonatine
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  Buy Tickets
  Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony, a shimmering tribute to the romantic ballets of the 19th Century, leads a program that continues with the celebrated pas de deux Duo Concertant and Sonatine. The program concludes with Stravinsky Violin Concerto, a timeless classic that never ceases to reveal new intricacies.
  
  Running time: 2 hrs. 7 min.
  - Scotch Symphony
    
    Music by: Felix Mendelssohn
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Ashley Bouder, Joseph Gordon*, Bailey Jones*, Sasonah Huttenbach*, Mira Nadon*, Alec Knight*, Christopher Grant*
    MAY 8: Sterling Hyltin*, Anthony Huxley*, Alston Macgill*, Sasonah Huttenbach, Mira Nadon, Lars Nelson*, Ralph Ippolito*
    *First Time in Role
    
    A scenic escapade in the Scottish Highlands, this charming Balanchine ballet features brisk footwork and a wistfully romantic pas de deux.
  - Duo Concertant
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley
    
    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.
  - Sonatine
    
    Music by: Maurice Ravel
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Lauren Lovette** (replaces Tiler Peck), Gonzalo Garcia
    MAY 8: Megan Fairchild, Taylor Stanley
    **NYC Debut
    
    The polished simplicity and emotional interplay of the rarely-seen Sonatine evokes the elegance of the French artists on which it was made.
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Russell Janzen* (replaces Ask la Cour), Maria Kowroski, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    MAY 8: Lauren Lovette, Joseph Gordon*, Sara Mearns, Aaron Sanz**
    **NYC Debut, *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.

May 2019

Wednesday

May 1
- 7:30 PM
  NYCB 2019
  - Hallelujah Junction
  - Judah (New Reisen)
  - The Exchange (New Neenan)
  - Concerto DSCH
  Buy Tickets
  The spring’s ample variety of contemporary works continues with this quartet of ballets. For his taut, high-energy Hallelujah Junction Peter Martins returned to a favorite composer, John Adams, and his score for two pianos that gives the ballet its title. William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman, staged for the first time in its entirety after more than 20 years, joins Alexei Ratmansky's acclaimed Concerto DSCH and Matthew Neenan’s first dance for the Company, from Fall 2018.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 18 min.
  - Hallelujah Junction
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: APR 24, MAY 1: Sterling Hyltin, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht
    APR 27 mat, 28: Megan LeCrone*, Aaron Sanz*, Roman Mejia*
    *First Time in Role
    
    Martins’ Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of propulsive vitality, set to a pulsing John Adams score played by two onstage pianists.
  - Judah (New Reisen)
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Gianna Reisen
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 1, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*, Lars Nelson*, Emma Von Enck*, Megan LeCrone, Sara Adams
    
    Returning with her second offering for NYCB, Gianna Reisen employs dissonant music for violin and piano to illuminate themes of both community and independence, her choreography highlighted by gestural movements, geometric patterns, and romantic costumes from fashion designer Alberta Ferretti that evoke flowers, waves, and Grecian goddesses.
  - The Exchange (New Neenan)
    
    Music by: Antonín Dvořák
    
    Choreography by: Matthew Neenan
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, 27 mat: Maria Kowroski, Unity Phelan, Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara, Lydia Wellington, Erica Pereira (replaces Tiler Peck), Emilie Gerrity, Rachel Hutsell, Claire Kretzschmar, Adrian Danchig-Waring*, Andrew Scordato, Daniel Applebaum, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon, Devin Alberda*, Kennard Henson, Spartak Hoxha
    APR 28, MAY 1: Teresa Reichlen*, Unity Phelan, Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara, Lydia Wellington, Erica Pereira (replaces Tiler Peck), Emilie Gerrity, Rachel Hutsell, Claire Kretzschmar, Russell Janzen, Andrew Scordato, Daniel Applebaum, Anthony Huxley, Joseph Gordon, Devin Alberda, Kennard Henson, Spartak Hoxha
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to an impassioned score for string quartet, Matthew Neenan’s first work for NYCB crafts a world of abstract beauty, enhanced by striking scarlet and black costumes from Gareth Pugh that help develop a narrative of connection and antagonism as tribe-like groupings parry back and forth.
  - Concerto DSCH
    
    Music by: Dmitri Shostakovich
    
    Choreography by: Alexei Ratmansky
    
    Principal Casting:
    APR 24, MAY 1: Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley
    APR 27 mat, 28: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Brittany Pollack, Harrison Ball, Joseph Gordon
    
    With its thrilling Shostakovich score and dramatic texture, Ratmansky’s acclaimed 2008 creation excels with classical ingenuity and contemporary stylishness.

Thursday

May 2
- 7 PM
  SPRING GALA
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
  Buy Tickets
  New ballets from Resident Choreographer Justin Peck and New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz, who is known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary, will headline the annual spring gala, joined by the return of Balanchine's sumptuous Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3.
  Running time: 1 hr. 41 min.
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
    
    Music by: Mark Dancigers
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Sara Mearns*, Sara Adams*, Emilie Gerrity, Russell Janzen*, Andrew Scordato*, Gilbert Bolden*
    *First Time in Role
    
    NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck premieres his second creation of the 2018/19 Season at the Company’s 2019 Spring Gala.
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
    
    Music by: Béla Bartόk
    
    Choreography by: Pam Tanowitz
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Indiana Woodward*, Gretchen Smith*, Sarah Villwock*, Miriam Miller*, Naomi Corti+*, Rachel Hutsell*, Emily Kikta*, Devin Alberda*, Daniel Applebaum*, Kennard Henson*, Jonathan Fahoury*
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary will lead the Classic NYCB program this spring with her first premiere for the Company.
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2: ELEGIE: Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring* (replaces Ask la Cour); WALTZ: Ashley Laracey, Jared Angle; SCHERZO: Erica Pereira, Daniel Ulbricht; THEME & VARIATIONS: Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia
    *First Time in Role
    
    Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.

Friday

May 3
- 7:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 8 PM
  BARBER, BROADWAY & BALANCHINE
  - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
  - Barber Violin Concerto
  - Diamonds
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  Music, in all its infinite varieties, has always been central to the mission of New York City Ballet. Traversing the terrain from classical to modern, this program includes encore viewings of Diamonds, the sparkling finale of Jewels, as well as Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto and Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, the delightful dance climax of Rodgers & Hart’s On Your Toes.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 4 min.
  - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
    
    Music by: Richard Rodgers, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 5: Sara Mearns, Peter Walker*, Gilbert Bolden*, Jules Mabie*, Alec Knight, Jonathan Fahoury*, Daniel Applebaum, Silas Farley (replaces Aaron Sanz)
    MAY 7: Maria Kowroski, Tyler Angle, Gilbert Bolden, Jules Mabie+, Alec Knight, Jonathan Fahoury, Daniel Applebaum, Sean Suozzi
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    An audience favorite with showbiz glam, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a vampy ballet about a jealous Russian premier danseur and his hoofing American rival.
  - Barber Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Samuel Barber
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 7: Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, Megan Fairchild, Aaron Sanz* (replaces Ask la Cour)
    MAY 5: Sterling Hyltin*, Taylor Stanley*, Emma Von Enck*, Aaron Sanz (replaces Ask la Cour)
    *First Time in Role
    
    Alternately noble and quixotic, Barber Violin Concerto contrasts a classical couple with a bare-footed couple as the worlds of ballet and modern dance collide.
  - Diamonds
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 5: Maria Kowroski, Tyler Angle
    MAY 7: Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen
    
    With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine's native Russia for an elegant and romantic experience.

Saturday

May 4
- 11 AM
  
  Inside NYCB
  
  Buy Tickets
  These one-hour onstage presentations explore the history and inner workings of New York City Ballet through performance and discussion, offering audiences unique access to the esteemed performers and collaborators of NYCB. Whether you’re new to ballet or a seasoned aficionado, these thought-provoking presentations promise to engage and enlighten. On sale Sunday, March 3 at noon.
  Running time: 1 hr.
- 2 PM
  ALL BALANCHINE
  - Scotch Symphony
  - Duo Concertant
  - Sonatine
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  Buy Tickets
  Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony, a shimmering tribute to the romantic ballets of the 19th Century, leads a program that continues with the celebrated pas de deux Duo Concertant and Sonatine. The program concludes with Stravinsky Violin Concerto, a timeless classic that never ceases to reveal new intricacies.
  
  Running time: 2 hrs. 7 min.
  - Scotch Symphony
    
    Music by: Felix Mendelssohn
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Ashley Bouder, Joseph Gordon*, Bailey Jones*, Sasonah Huttenbach*, Mira Nadon*, Alec Knight*, Christopher Grant*
    MAY 8: Sterling Hyltin*, Anthony Huxley*, Alston Macgill*, Sasonah Huttenbach, Mira Nadon, Lars Nelson*, Ralph Ippolito*
    *First Time in Role
    
    A scenic escapade in the Scottish Highlands, this charming Balanchine ballet features brisk footwork and a wistfully romantic pas de deux.
  - Duo Concertant
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley
    
    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.
  - Sonatine
    
    Music by: Maurice Ravel
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Lauren Lovette** (replaces Tiler Peck), Gonzalo Garcia
    MAY 8: Megan Fairchild, Taylor Stanley
    **NYC Debut
    
    The polished simplicity and emotional interplay of the rarely-seen Sonatine evokes the elegance of the French artists on which it was made.
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Russell Janzen* (replaces Ask la Cour), Maria Kowroski, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    MAY 8: Lauren Lovette, Joseph Gordon*, Sara Mearns, Aaron Sanz**
    **NYC Debut, *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.
- 8 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB I
  - Valse Fantaisie
  - A Suite of Dances
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
  - Western Symphony
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  The zestily comic Western Symphony, Balanchine's playful tribute to the American Wild West – with toe shoes instead of tumbleweeds – highlights a quartet of dances that also includes Balanchine’s sweepingly romantic Valse Fantaisie, set to the music of his fellow Russian Glinka, Justin Peck’s spring gala premiere, and A Suite of Dances, a rare solo ballet originally created by Jerome Robbins for Mikhail Baryshnikov.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 7 min.
  - Valse Fantaisie
    
    Music by: Mikhail Glinka
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Erica Pereira* Daniel Ulbricht*
    MAY 8, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*
    MAY 12: Erica Pereira, Harrison Ball
    *First Time in Role
    
    This brief but captivating ballet finds a principal couple and a corps de ballet of four women in a whirl of perpetual motion set to Glinka’s swooning melodies.
  - A Suite of Dances
    
    Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Gonzalo Garcia**
    MAY 11, 12: Daniel Ulbricht
    **NYC Debut
    
    Performed with an onstage cellist, A Suite of Dances is a solo tour de force for a male dancer that is at once witty and pensive.
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
    
    Music by: Béla Bartόk
    
    Choreography by: Pam Tanowitz
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Indiana Woodward*, Gretchen Smith*, Sarah Villwock*, Miriam Miller*, Naomi Corti+*, Rachel Hutsell*, Emily Kikta*, Devin Alberda*, Daniel Applebaum*, Kennard Henson*, Jonathan Fahoury*
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary will lead the Classic NYCB program this spring with her first premiere for the Company.
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
    
    Music by: Mark Dancigers
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Sara Mearns*, Sara Adams*, Emilie Gerrity, Russell Janzen*, Andrew Scordato*, Gilbert Bolden*
    *First Time in Role
    
    NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck premieres his second creation of the 2018/19 Season at the Company’s 2019 Spring Gala.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Lauren King, Taylor Stanley, Megan Fairchild, Jared Angle, Teresa Reichlen, Andrew Veyette
    MAY 11,12 : Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Brittany Pollack, Jared Angle, Sara Mearns, Roman Mejia*
    *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.

Sunday

May 5
- 2:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 3 PM
  BARBER, BROADWAY & BALANCHINE
  - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
  - Barber Violin Concerto
  - Diamonds
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  Music, in all its infinite varieties, has always been central to the mission of New York City Ballet. Traversing the terrain from classical to modern, this program includes encore viewings of Diamonds, the sparkling finale of Jewels, as well as Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto and Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, the delightful dance climax of Rodgers & Hart’s On Your Toes.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 16 min.
  - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
    
    Music by: Richard Rodgers, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 5: Sara Mearns, Peter Walker*, Gilbert Bolden*, Jules Mabie*, Alec Knight, Jonathan Fahoury*, Daniel Applebaum, Silas Farley (replaces Aaron Sanz)
    MAY 7: Maria Kowroski, Tyler Angle, Gilbert Bolden, Jules Mabie+, Alec Knight, Jonathan Fahoury, Daniel Applebaum, Sean Suozzi
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    An audience favorite with showbiz glam, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a vampy ballet about a jealous Russian premier danseur and his hoofing American rival.
  - Barber Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Samuel Barber
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 7: Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, Megan Fairchild, Aaron Sanz* (replaces Ask la Cour)
    MAY 5: Sterling Hyltin*, Taylor Stanley*, Emma Von Enck*, Aaron Sanz (replaces Ask la Cour)
    *First Time in Role
    
    Alternately noble and quixotic, Barber Violin Concerto contrasts a classical couple with a bare-footed couple as the worlds of ballet and modern dance collide.
  - Diamonds
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 5: Maria Kowroski, Tyler Angle
    MAY 7: Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen
    
    With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine's native Russia for an elegant and romantic experience.

Monday

May 6
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

May 7
- 7:30 PM
  BARBER, BROADWAY & BALANCHINE
  - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
  - Barber Violin Concerto
  - Diamonds
  Buy Tickets
  Music, in all its infinite varieties, has always been central to the mission of New York City Ballet. Traversing the terrain from classical to modern, this program includes encore viewings of Diamonds, the sparkling finale of Jewels, as well as Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto and Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, the delightful dance climax of Rodgers & Hart’s On Your Toes.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 4 min.
  - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
    
    Music by: Richard Rodgers, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 5: Sara Mearns, Peter Walker*, Gilbert Bolden*, Jules Mabie*, Alec Knight, Jonathan Fahoury*, Daniel Applebaum, Silas Farley (replaces Aaron Sanz)
    MAY 7: Maria Kowroski, Tyler Angle, Gilbert Bolden, Jules Mabie+, Alec Knight, Jonathan Fahoury, Daniel Applebaum, Sean Suozzi
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    An audience favorite with showbiz glam, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a vampy ballet about a jealous Russian premier danseur and his hoofing American rival.
  - Barber Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Samuel Barber
    
    Choreography by: Peter Martins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 7: Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, Megan Fairchild, Aaron Sanz* (replaces Ask la Cour)
    MAY 5: Sterling Hyltin*, Taylor Stanley*, Emma Von Enck*, Aaron Sanz (replaces Ask la Cour)
    *First Time in Role
    
    Alternately noble and quixotic, Barber Violin Concerto contrasts a classical couple with a bare-footed couple as the worlds of ballet and modern dance collide.
  - Diamonds
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 3, 5: Maria Kowroski, Tyler Angle
    MAY 7: Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen
    
    With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine's native Russia for an elegant and romantic experience.

Wednesday

May 8
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  ALL BALANCHINE
  - Scotch Symphony
  - Valse Fantaisie
  - Sonatine
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
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  Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony, a shimmering tribute to the romantic ballets of the 19th Century, leads a program that continues with the sweepingly romantic Valse Fantaisie, set to the music of his fellow Russian Glinka, followed by the charming pas de deux Sonatine, created for the Company’s 1975 Ravel festival. The program concludes with Stravinsky Violin Concerto, a timeless classic that never ceases to reveal new intricacies.
  
  Running time: 2 hrs. 7 min.
  - Scotch Symphony
    
    Music by: Felix Mendelssohn
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Ashley Bouder, Joseph Gordon*, Bailey Jones*, Sasonah Huttenbach*, Mira Nadon*, Alec Knight*, Christopher Grant*
    MAY 8: Sterling Hyltin*, Anthony Huxley*, Alston Macgill*, Sasonah Huttenbach, Mira Nadon, Lars Nelson*, Ralph Ippolito*
    *First Time in Role
    
    A scenic escapade in the Scottish Highlands, this charming Balanchine ballet features brisk footwork and a wistfully romantic pas de deux.
  - Valse Fantaisie
    
    Music by: Mikhail Glinka
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Erica Pereira* Daniel Ulbricht*
    MAY 8, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*
    MAY 12: Erica Pereira, Harrison Ball
    *First Time in Role
    
    This brief but captivating ballet finds a principal couple and a corps de ballet of four women in a whirl of perpetual motion set to Glinka’s swooning melodies.
  - Sonatine
    
    Music by: Maurice Ravel
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Lauren Lovette** (replaces Tiler Peck), Gonzalo Garcia
    MAY 8: Megan Fairchild, Taylor Stanley
    **NYC Debut
    
    The polished simplicity and emotional interplay of the rarely-seen Sonatine evokes the elegance of the French artists on which it was made.
  - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: APR 30, MAY 4 mat: Sterling Hyltin, Russell Janzen* (replaces Ask la Cour), Maria Kowroski, Adrian Danchig-Waring
    MAY 8: Lauren Lovette, Joseph Gordon*, Sara Mearns, Aaron Sanz**
    **NYC Debut, *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.

Thursday

May 9
- 7:30 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB I
  - Valse Fantaisie
  - A Suite of Dances
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
  - Western Symphony
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  The zestily comic Western Symphony, Balanchine's playful tribute to the American Wild West – with toe shoes instead of tumbleweeds – highlights a quartet of dances that also includes Balanchine’s sweepingly romantic Valse Fantaisie, set to the music of his fellow Russian Glinka, Justin Peck’s spring gala premiere, and A Suite of Dances, a rare solo ballet originally created by Jerome Robbins for Mikhail Baryshnikov.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 4 min.
  - Valse Fantaisie
    
    Music by: Mikhail Glinka
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Erica Pereira* Daniel Ulbricht*
    MAY 8, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*
    MAY 12: Erica Pereira, Harrison Ball
    *First Time in Role
    
    This brief but captivating ballet finds a principal couple and a corps de ballet of four women in a whirl of perpetual motion set to Glinka’s swooning melodies.
  - A Suite of Dances
    
    Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Gonzalo Garcia**
    MAY 11, 12: Daniel Ulbricht
    **NYC Debut
    
    Performed with an onstage cellist, A Suite of Dances is a solo tour de force for a male dancer that is at once witty and pensive.
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
    
    Music by: Béla Bartόk
    
    Choreography by: Pam Tanowitz
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Indiana Woodward*, Gretchen Smith*, Sarah Villwock*, Miriam Miller*, Naomi Corti+*, Rachel Hutsell*, Emily Kikta*, Devin Alberda*, Daniel Applebaum*, Kennard Henson*, Jonathan Fahoury*
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary will lead the Classic NYCB program this spring with her first premiere for the Company.
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
    
    Music by: Mark Dancigers
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Sara Mearns*, Sara Adams*, Emilie Gerrity, Russell Janzen*, Andrew Scordato*, Gilbert Bolden*
    *First Time in Role
    
    NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck premieres his second creation of the 2018/19 Season at the Company’s 2019 Spring Gala.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Lauren King, Taylor Stanley, Megan Fairchild, Jared Angle, Teresa Reichlen, Andrew Veyette
    MAY 11,12 : Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Brittany Pollack, Jared Angle, Sara Mearns, Roman Mejia*
    *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.

Friday

May 10
- 7:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 8 PM
  BALANCHINE MEETS PECK
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
  - Symphony in Three Movements
  - The Times Are Racing
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  Works by our Founding Choreographer and our current Resident Choreographer come together for the first time in a single program. Balanchine’s electrifying Symphony in Three Movements, danced to the Stravinsky composition of the title, is book ended by two Peck works, a winter premiere featuring music by Sufjan Stevens and the propulsive The Times Are Racing, an instant audience favorite at its 2017 debut.
  Running time: 1 hr. 59 min.
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
    
    Music by: Sufjan Stevens, orchestrated by Timo Andres
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Claire Kretzschmar, Brittany Pollack, Indiana Woodward*, Roman Mejia, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Applebaum
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to a commissioned score for full orchestra, this will be Justin Peck’s fourth collaboration with Oscar-nominated composer Sufjan Stevens.
  - Symphony in Three Movements
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Lauren King, Anthony Huxley, Megan LeCrone, Andrew Scordato
    
    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.
  - The Times Are Racing
    
    Music by: Dan Deacon
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    
    One of the most buzzed about premieres of 2017, The Times Are Racing is a sneaker ballet that sees its dancers in streetwear designed by Opening Ceremony, drawing inspiration from a variety of dance styles while matching Dan Deacon’s electronic score with youthful impulse and vigor.

Saturday

May 11
- 10:30 AM
  
  Ballet Essentials
  
  Buy Tickets
  FOR ADULTS AGES 21+
  
  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. On sale March 3 at noon.
  
  THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
  Running time: 1 hr. 15 min.
- 12:45 PM
  
  Children's Workshop
  
  Buy Tickets
  FOR AGES 5 - 7
  
  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 that both children and adults need a ticket in order to attend this event.
  
  THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
  Running time: 45 min.
- 1:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 2 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB I
  - Valse Fantaisie
  - A Suite of Dances
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
  - Western Symphony
  Buy Tickets
  The zestily comic Western Symphony, Balanchine's playful tribute to the American Wild West – with toe shoes instead of tumbleweeds – highlights a quartet of dances that also includes Balanchine’s sweepingly romantic Valse Fantaisie, set to the music of his fellow Russian Glinka, Justin Peck’s spring gala premiere, and A Suite of Dances, a rare solo ballet originally created by Jerome Robbins for Mikhail Baryshnikov.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 4 min.
  - Valse Fantaisie
    
    Music by: Mikhail Glinka
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Erica Pereira* Daniel Ulbricht*
    MAY 8, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*
    MAY 12: Erica Pereira, Harrison Ball
    *First Time in Role
    
    This brief but captivating ballet finds a principal couple and a corps de ballet of four women in a whirl of perpetual motion set to Glinka’s swooning melodies.
  - A Suite of Dances
    
    Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Gonzalo Garcia**
    MAY 11, 12: Daniel Ulbricht
    **NYC Debut
    
    Performed with an onstage cellist, A Suite of Dances is a solo tour de force for a male dancer that is at once witty and pensive.
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
    
    Music by: Béla Bartόk
    
    Choreography by: Pam Tanowitz
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Indiana Woodward*, Gretchen Smith*, Sarah Villwock*, Miriam Miller*, Naomi Corti+*, Rachel Hutsell*, Emily Kikta*, Devin Alberda*, Daniel Applebaum*, Kennard Henson*, Jonathan Fahoury*
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary will lead the Classic NYCB program this spring with her first premiere for the Company.
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
    
    Music by: Mark Dancigers
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Sara Mearns*, Sara Adams*, Emilie Gerrity, Russell Janzen*, Andrew Scordato*, Gilbert Bolden*
    *First Time in Role
    
    NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck premieres his second creation of the 2018/19 Season at the Company’s 2019 Spring Gala.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Lauren King, Taylor Stanley, Megan Fairchild, Jared Angle, Teresa Reichlen, Andrew Veyette
    MAY 11,12 : Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Brittany Pollack, Jared Angle, Sara Mearns, Roman Mejia*
    *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.
- 8 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB II
  - Judah (New Reisen)
  - Dances at a Gathering
  - Stars and Stripes
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  Gianna Reisen’s second ballet for NYCB, the gestural and geometric Judah, joins the Jerome Robbins masterwork Dances at a Gathering, among his most emotionally resonant ballets, celebrating its 50th anniversary on May 22. Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes combines classic American marches from John Philip Sousa with classical choreography, concluding this program with a splash.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 41 min.
  - Judah (New Reisen)
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Gianna Reisen
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 1, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*, Lars Nelson*, Emma Von Enck*, Megan LeCrone, Sara Adams
    
    Returning with her second offering for NYCB, Gianna Reisen employs dissonant music for violin and piano to illuminate themes of both community and independence, her choreography highlighted by gestural movements, geometric patterns, and romantic costumes from fashion designer Alberta Ferretti that evoke flowers, waves, and Grecian goddesses.
  - Dances at a Gathering
    
    Music by: Frédéric Chopin
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Lauren Lovette*, Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild, Maria Kowroski, Lauren King, Gonzalo Garcia, Tyler Angle, Aaron Sanz**, Roman Mejia*, Peter Walker*
    **NYC Debut, *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.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Ashley Bouder, Harrison Ball*, Erica Pereira, Emily Kikta, Daniel Ulbricht
    *First Time in Role
    
    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.

Sunday

May 12
- 2:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 3 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB I
  - Valse Fantaisie
  - A Suite of Dances
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
  - Western Symphony
  Buy Tickets
  The zestily comic Western Symphony, Balanchine's playful tribute to the American Wild West – with toe shoes instead of tumbleweeds – highlights a quartet of dances that also includes Balanchine’s sweepingly romantic Valse Fantaisie, set to the music of his fellow Russian Glinka, Justin Peck’s spring gala premiere, and A Suite of Dances, a rare solo ballet originally created by Jerome Robbins for Mikhail Baryshnikov.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 4 min.
  - Valse Fantaisie
    
    Music by: Mikhail Glinka
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Erica Pereira* Daniel Ulbricht*
    MAY 8, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*
    MAY 12: Erica Pereira, Harrison Ball
    *First Time in Role
    
    This brief but captivating ballet finds a principal couple and a corps de ballet of four women in a whirl of perpetual motion set to Glinka’s swooning melodies.
  - A Suite of Dances
    
    Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Gonzalo Garcia**
    MAY 11, 12: Daniel Ulbricht
    **NYC Debut
    
    Performed with an onstage cellist, A Suite of Dances is a solo tour de force for a male dancer that is at once witty and pensive.
  - Bartόk Ballet (New Tanowitz)
    
    Music by: Béla Bartόk
    
    Choreography by: Pam Tanowitz
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Indiana Woodward*, Gretchen Smith*, Sarah Villwock*, Miriam Miller*, Naomi Corti+*, Rachel Hutsell*, Emily Kikta*, Devin Alberda*, Daniel Applebaum*, Kennard Henson*, Jonathan Fahoury*
    *First Time in Role, +Apprentice
    
    New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary will lead the Classic NYCB program this spring with her first premiere for the Company.
  - Bright (New Peck 2)
    
    Music by: Mark Dancigers
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    MAY 2 (World Premiere), 4, 9, 11, 12: Sara Mearns*, Sara Adams*, Emilie Gerrity, Russell Janzen*, Andrew Scordato*, Gilbert Bolden*
    *First Time in Role
    
    NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck premieres his second creation of the 2018/19 Season at the Company’s 2019 Spring Gala.
  - Western Symphony
    
    Music by: Traditional American melodies orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 4, 9: Lauren King, Taylor Stanley, Megan Fairchild, Jared Angle, Teresa Reichlen, Andrew Veyette
    MAY 11,12 : Abi Stafford, Taylor Stanley, Brittany Pollack, Jared Angle, Sara Mearns, Roman Mejia*
    *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.

Monday

May 13
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

May 14
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  BALANCHINE MEETS PECK
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
  - Symphony in Three Movements
  - The Times Are Racing
  Buy Tickets
  Works by our Founding Choreographer and our current Resident Choreographer come together for the first time in a single program. Balanchine’s electrifying Symphony in Three Movements, danced to the Stravinsky composition of the title, is book ended by two Peck works, a winter premiere featuring music by Sufjan Stevens and the propulsive The Times Are Racing, an instant audience favorite at its 2017 debut.
  Running time: 1 hr. 59 min.
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
    
    Music by: Sufjan Stevens, orchestrated by Timo Andres
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Claire Kretzschmar, Brittany Pollack, Indiana Woodward*, Roman Mejia, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Applebaum
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to a commissioned score for full orchestra, this will be Justin Peck’s fourth collaboration with Oscar-nominated composer Sufjan Stevens.
  - Symphony in Three Movements
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Lauren King, Anthony Huxley, Megan LeCrone, Andrew Scordato
    
    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.
  - The Times Are Racing
    
    Music by: Dan Deacon
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    
    One of the most buzzed about premieres of 2017, The Times Are Racing is a sneaker ballet that sees its dancers in streetwear designed by Opening Ceremony, drawing inspiration from a variety of dance styles while matching Dan Deacon’s electronic score with youthful impulse and vigor.

Wednesday

May 15
- 1 PM
  
  WORKING DRESS REHEARSAL: BRAHMS-SCHOENBERG QUARTET
  
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  THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO NYCB MEMBERS ONLY.
  
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  Running time: 2 hrs.
- 7:30 PM
  BALANCHINE: BIG & BOLD
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
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  Balanchine evokes two distinct atmospheres in the ballets sharing this program, each boasting a cast of over 50 dancers. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet brings alive the perfumed elegance of a distant era in Europe, ending in an intoxicating gypsy finale, and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 plumbs the romantic depths of classical ballet, crescendoing with each section before culminating in a majestic finale of tutus and tiaras.
  Running time: 1 hr. 50 min.
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
    
    Music by: Johannes Brahms
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    A sweeping romantic work for 55 dancers, the Austro-Hungarian-inflected Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet ends in an intoxicating finale.
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2: ELEGIE: Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring* (replaces Ask la Cour); WALTZ: Ashley Laracey, Jared Angle; SCHERZO: Erica Pereira, Daniel Ulbricht; THEME & VARIATIONS: Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia
    *First Time in Role
    
    Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.

Thursday

May 16
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  BALANCHINE MEETS PECK
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
  - Symphony in Three Movements
  - The Times Are Racing
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  Works by our Founding Choreographer and our current Resident Choreographer come together for the first time in a single program. Balanchine’s electrifying Symphony in Three Movements, danced to the Stravinsky composition of the title, is book ended by two Peck works, a winter premiere featuring music by Sufjan Stevens and the propulsive The Times Are Racing, an instant audience favorite at its 2017 debut.
  Running time: 1 hr. 59 min.
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
    
    Music by: Sufjan Stevens, orchestrated by Timo Andres
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Claire Kretzschmar, Brittany Pollack, Indiana Woodward*, Roman Mejia, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Applebaum
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to a commissioned score for full orchestra, this will be Justin Peck’s fourth collaboration with Oscar-nominated composer Sufjan Stevens.
  - Symphony in Three Movements
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Lauren King, Anthony Huxley, Megan LeCrone, Andrew Scordato
    
    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.
  - The Times Are Racing
    
    Music by: Dan Deacon
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    
    One of the most buzzed about premieres of 2017, The Times Are Racing is a sneaker ballet that sees its dancers in streetwear designed by Opening Ceremony, drawing inspiration from a variety of dance styles while matching Dan Deacon’s electronic score with youthful impulse and vigor.

Friday

May 17
- 7:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 8 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB II
  - Judah (New Reisen)
  - Dances at a Gathering
  - Stars and Stripes
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  Gianna Reisen’s second ballet for NYCB, the gestural and geometric Judah, joins the Jerome Robbins masterwork Dances at a Gathering, among his most emotionally resonant ballets, celebrating its 50th anniversary on May 22. Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes combines classic American marches from John Philip Sousa with classical choreography, concluding this program with a splash.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 41 min.
  - Judah (New Reisen)
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Gianna Reisen
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 1, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*, Lars Nelson*, Emma Von Enck*, Megan LeCrone, Sara Adams
    
    Returning with her second offering for NYCB, Gianna Reisen employs dissonant music for violin and piano to illuminate themes of both community and independence, her choreography highlighted by gestural movements, geometric patterns, and romantic costumes from fashion designer Alberta Ferretti that evoke flowers, waves, and Grecian goddesses.
  - Dances at a Gathering
    
    Music by: Frédéric Chopin
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Lauren Lovette*, Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild, Maria Kowroski, Lauren King, Gonzalo Garcia, Tyler Angle, Aaron Sanz**, Roman Mejia*, Peter Walker*
    **NYC Debut, *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.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Ashley Bouder, Harrison Ball*, Erica Pereira, Emily Kikta, Daniel Ulbricht
    *First Time in Role
    
    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.

Saturday

May 18
- 2 PM
  BALANCHINE: BIG & BOLD
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
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  Balanchine evokes two distinct atmospheres in the ballets sharing this program, each boasting a cast of over 50 dancers. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet brings alive the perfumed elegance of a distant era in Europe, ending in an intoxicating gypsy finale, and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 plumbs the romantic depths of classical ballet, crescendoing with each section before culminating in a majestic finale of tutus and tiaras.
  Running time: 1 hr. 50 min.
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
    
    Music by: Johannes Brahms
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    A sweeping romantic work for 55 dancers, the Austro-Hungarian-inflected Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet ends in an intoxicating finale.
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2: ELEGIE: Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring* (replaces Ask la Cour); WALTZ: Ashley Laracey, Jared Angle; SCHERZO: Erica Pereira, Daniel Ulbricht; THEME & VARIATIONS: Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia
    *First Time in Role
    
    Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.
- 8 PM
  BALANCHINE MEETS PECK
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
  - Symphony in Three Movements
  - The Times Are Racing
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  Works by our Founding Choreographer and our current Resident Choreographer come together for the first time in a single program. Balanchine’s electrifying Symphony in Three Movements, danced to the Stravinsky composition of the title, is book ended by two Peck works, a winter premiere featuring music by Sufjan Stevens and the propulsive The Times Are Racing, an instant audience favorite at its 2017 debut.
  Running time: 1 hr. 59 min.
  - Principia (New Peck 1)
    
    Music by: Sufjan Stevens, orchestrated by Timo Andres
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Claire Kretzschmar, Brittany Pollack, Indiana Woodward*, Roman Mejia, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Applebaum
    *First Time in Role
    
    Set to a commissioned score for full orchestra, this will be Justin Peck’s fourth collaboration with Oscar-nominated composer Sufjan Stevens.
  - Symphony in Three Movements
    
    Music by: Igor Stravinsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 10: Sterling Hyltin, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Lauren King, Anthony Huxley, Megan LeCrone, Andrew Scordato
    
    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.
  - The Times Are Racing
    
    Music by: Dan Deacon
    
    Choreography by: Justin Peck
    
    Principal Casting:
    
    One of the most buzzed about premieres of 2017, The Times Are Racing is a sneaker ballet that sees its dancers in streetwear designed by Opening Ceremony, drawing inspiration from a variety of dance styles while matching Dan Deacon’s electronic score with youthful impulse and vigor.

Sunday

May 19
- 2:40 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 3 PM
  BALANCHINE: BIG & BOLD
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
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  Balanchine evokes two distinct atmospheres in the ballets sharing this program, each boasting a cast of over 50 dancers. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet brings alive the perfumed elegance of a distant era in Europe, ending in an intoxicating gypsy finale, and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 plumbs the romantic depths of classical ballet, crescendoing with each section before culminating in a majestic finale of tutus and tiaras.
  Running time: 1 hr. 50 min.
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
    
    Music by: Johannes Brahms
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    A sweeping romantic work for 55 dancers, the Austro-Hungarian-inflected Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet ends in an intoxicating finale.
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2: ELEGIE: Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring* (replaces Ask la Cour); WALTZ: Ashley Laracey, Jared Angle; SCHERZO: Erica Pereira, Daniel Ulbricht; THEME & VARIATIONS: Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia
    *First Time in Role
    
    Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.

Monday

May 20
- There are no events for this date.

Tuesday

May 21
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB II
  - Judah (New Reisen)
  - Dances at a Gathering
  - Stars and Stripes
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  Gianna Reisen’s second ballet for NYCB, the gestural and geometric Judah, joins the Jerome Robbins masterwork Dances at a Gathering, among his most emotionally resonant ballets, celebrating its 50th anniversary on May 22. Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes combines classic American marches from John Philip Sousa with classical choreography, concluding this program with a splash.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 41 min.
  - Judah (New Reisen)
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Gianna Reisen
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 1, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*, Lars Nelson*, Emma Von Enck*, Megan LeCrone, Sara Adams
    
    Returning with her second offering for NYCB, Gianna Reisen employs dissonant music for violin and piano to illuminate themes of both community and independence, her choreography highlighted by gestural movements, geometric patterns, and romantic costumes from fashion designer Alberta Ferretti that evoke flowers, waves, and Grecian goddesses.
  - Dances at a Gathering
    
    Music by: Frédéric Chopin
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Lauren Lovette*, Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild, Maria Kowroski, Lauren King, Gonzalo Garcia, Tyler Angle, Aaron Sanz**, Roman Mejia*, Peter Walker*
    **NYC Debut, *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.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Ashley Bouder, Harrison Ball*, Erica Pereira, Emily Kikta, Daniel Ulbricht
    *First Time in Role
    
    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

May 22
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  CLASSIC NYCB II
  - Judah (New Reisen)
  - Dances at a Gathering
  - Stars and Stripes
  Buy Tickets
  Gianna Reisen’s second ballet for NYCB, the gestural and geometric Judah, joins the Jerome Robbins masterwork Dances at a Gathering, among his most emotionally resonant ballets, celebrating its 50th anniversary on May 22. Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes combines classic American marches from John Philip Sousa with classical choreography, concluding this program with a splash.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 41 min.
  - Judah (New Reisen)
    
    Music by: John Adams
    
    Choreography by: Gianna Reisen
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 1, 11: Indiana Woodward*, Harrison Ball*, Lars Nelson*, Emma Von Enck*, Megan LeCrone, Sara Adams
    
    Returning with her second offering for NYCB, Gianna Reisen employs dissonant music for violin and piano to illuminate themes of both community and independence, her choreography highlighted by gestural movements, geometric patterns, and romantic costumes from fashion designer Alberta Ferretti that evoke flowers, waves, and Grecian goddesses.
  - Dances at a Gathering
    
    Music by: Frédéric Chopin
    
    Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Lauren Lovette*, Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild, Maria Kowroski, Lauren King, Gonzalo Garcia, Tyler Angle, Aaron Sanz**, Roman Mejia*, Peter Walker*
    **NYC Debut, *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.
  - Stars and Stripes
    
    Music by: John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 11: Ashley Bouder, Harrison Ball*, Erica Pereira, Emily Kikta, Daniel Ulbricht
    *First Time in Role
    
    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.

Thursday

May 23
- 7:10 PM
  
  First Position Discussions
  
  Free for all ticket holders, these informal discussions on the program begin 20 minutes before curtain on the right side of the Fourth Ring and during intermission/s.
- 7:30 PM
  BALANCHINE: BIG & BOLD
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
  Buy Tickets
  Balanchine evokes two distinct atmospheres in the ballets sharing this program, each boasting a cast of over 50 dancers. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet brings alive the perfumed elegance of a distant era in Europe, ending in an intoxicating gypsy finale, and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 plumbs the romantic depths of classical ballet, crescendoing with each section before culminating in a majestic finale of tutus and tiaras.
  Running time: 2 hrs. 41 min.
  - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
    
    Music by: Johannes Brahms
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    A sweeping romantic work for 55 dancers, the Austro-Hungarian-inflected Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet ends in an intoxicating finale.
  - Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
    
    Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
    
    Choreography by: George Balanchine
    
    Principal Casting: MAY 2: ELEGIE: Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring* (replaces Ask la Cour); WALTZ: Ashley Laracey, Jared Angle; SCHERZO: Erica Pereira, Daniel Ulbricht; THEME & VARIATIONS: Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia
    *First Time in Role
    
    Opening on a romantic note, each section of Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 swells with ardor, culminating in a radiant, majestic finale.