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Brandenburg

Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography
Jerome Robbins

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Inspired by Bach's ever-popular Brandenburg Concertos, Robbins’ last ballet for NYCB presents a spectrum of atmospheres, from sheer ebullience to quiet mystery.

In 1971, Jerome Robbins choreographed one of his masterpieces, The Goldberg Variations, to Bach’s celebrated piano pieces. He did not return to Bach until the end of his career, over 20 years later, but when he did, he was clearly entranced by the clarity, rigor, and formal beauty found in the composer’s work: three of his last four ballets are set to Bach.

Robbins’ final work, Brandenburg (1997), is set to selections from four of the Brandenburg Concertos, intricate and nuanced works that inspired Robbins to create this lovely suite of dances. The ballet features a series of pas de deux that differ in their tone and mood, including a mysterious andante duet for a couple who seem to orbit each other, drawing close but never touching.

38 minutes

Anatomy of A Dance

Aarón Sanz on Jerome Robbins' BRANDENBURG 

Aarón Sanz explores the complexity of partnering without touching through shared energy and unspoken communication in the delicate second pas de deux of Jerome Robbins' Brandenburg. 

ROBBINS' BRANDENBURG

Dominika Afanasenkov and Charlie Klesa's refined phrasing echoes the energy of Bach's buoyant score in Jerome Robbins' Brandenburg.

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Synchronicity and syncopation share the spotlight in Brandenburg, Jerome Robbins' last ballet, featuring Indiana Woodward, Anthony Huxley and a bubbly ensemble of sixteen.

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Mira Nadon and Aarón Sanz move eerily around each other as if alone, despite their similar steps, in Brandenburg.

© 2023 Erin Baiano

© 2023 Erin Baiano

© 2023 Erin Baiano

© 2023 Erin Baiano

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