Program
New Combinations
FEB 1, 2, 4, 8, 14, 20, 24 eve
Approximately 1 hr 55 min
Performance Dates
A NEW BALLET FROM TILER PECK HIGHLIGHTS A PROGRAM OF CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY
A world premiere ballet by Tiler Peck, a longtime principal dancer known for her astute sense of musicality, joins works from Resident Choreographer Justin Peck and Alexei Ratmansky, who joins the Company in an official capacity for the first time for the 2023-24 Season, as artist in residence. Peck’s Rotunda, with a commissioned score by the prominent American composer Nico Muhly, is infused with a sense of community and togetherness, while Ratmansky’s Odesa, danced to incidental music from the 1990 Russian movie Sunset, features an intriguing musical mix ranging from tango to klezmer, and nods to the movie’s roots in Isaac Babel’s tales of Jewish gangsters in the titular city.
Ballets on this Program
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Rotunda
Justin Peck’s Rotunda, featuring a commissioned score from acclaimed American composer Nico Muhly, creates an overarching sense of community through punctuated mirroring and ensemble groupings, inspiring reflection, delight, and intrigue.
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Concerto for Two Pianos
Tiler Peck, a longtime principal dancer known for her astute sense of musicality, creates her first commission for NYCB after choreographing for Boston Ballet, Vail Dance Festival, and her self-curated Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends program at New York City Center, among an array of other projects.
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Odesa
Ratmansky’s fifth NYCB work is set to “Sketches to Sunset,” a collection of incidental pieces composed by fellow Russian Leonid Desyatnikov for the 1990 film Sunset, including a mix of tango and klezmer music.
