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Barber Violin Concerto

Music
Samuel Barber
Choreography
Peter Martins

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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.

Peter Martins created his Barber Violin Concerto to Samuel Barber’s 1941 Violin Concerto, Opus 14. The ballet, which Martins choreographed for New York City Ballet’s American Music Festival in 1988, features one pair of classical dancers and one pair of modern dancers.

The ballet was originally performed by NYCB Principal Dancers Merrill Ashley and Adam Lüders as the classical couple, and Paul Taylor Dance Company member Kate Johnson and choreographer and dancer David Parsons as the modern couple.

25 minutes

Anatomy of a Dance

Jared Angle on BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO

Principal Dancer Jared Angle talks about finding new ways of moving and exploring his modern side in Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto.

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