Architects of Time

Commissioned for the 2022 Stravinsky Festival, Architects of Time marked Silas Farley's inaugural work for NYCB.

Silas Farley’s Architects of Time is the former NYCB dancer’s first work for the Company, created in tribute to Stravinsky and Balanchine’s landmark works. The ballet features a score by composer and writer David K. Israel, which is based on a 1946 musical exchange between Balanchine and Stravinsky, in which Balanchine wrote an acrostic poem in Russian as a gift for Stravinsky’s 65th birthday and set it to a simple melody. Stravinsky then harmonized the melody as a gesture of gratitude for Balanchine. The title Architects of Time is taken from a quote that Farley and Israel heard in the documentary film In Balanchine’s Classroom, in which the choreographer said, “Composer is architect of time, and we have to dance to it.” The ballet for 16 dancers features costumes by Cassia Farley and lighting by Mark Stanley.

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