Program
Eclectic NYCB
SEPT 19, 21 eve, 22
Performance Dates
COMPANY CLASSICS BOOKEND AN NYCB PREMIERE AND POIGNANT CONTEMPORARY FAVORITE
This quartet of dances demonstrates a wide variety of repertory. Making its debut with the Company is a work from choreographer Lar Lubovitch, set to Brahms piano compositions, commissioned by New York City Center and created in 2021 on two of NYCB’s principal dancers. Representing tradition are works from the founding choreographers: Balanchine’s evocative Divertimento from ‘Le Baiser de la Fée,’ which never fails to wrap audiences in its air of mystery, while Robbins’ The Four Seasons moves through the cycles of the title, illuminating each with contrasting classical dances. The program is completed by Christopher Wheeldon’s seductive This Bitter Earth, a pas de deux set to a remixed recording of the title song by Dinah Washington.
Ballets on this Program
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Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée'
An abstraction of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, Stravinsky’s colorfully playful yet foreboding divertimento sets the stage for Balanchine’s fleet-footed choreography.
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Each In His Own Time
Originally choreographed on NYCB artists for New York City Center’s 2021 Fall for Dance Festival, Lar Lubovitch’s Each In His Own Time flows through an intricate array of jumps, turns, and radiant yet introspective moments between two dancers and an onstage pianist.
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This Bitter Earth
This breathtaking and poetic dance for a man and woman explores the haunting, tenuous melodies of Dinah Washington’s soulful rendition of “This Bitter Earth” as remixed by British composer Max Richter.
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The Four Seasons
This audience favorite translates the seasons into frosty flirtation, springtime awakening, sultry revelry, and autumnal bacchanal, all set to Verdi’s vibrant melodies.
