Program
Eclectic NYCB I
OCT 7, 10 mat, 11, 15, 16
Performance Dates
STREAMLINED NEOCLASSICISM, DRAMATIC RESONANCE, AND FROLICSOME AMUSEMENT
The diversity of the company’s repertory is on full display via three ballets that transmit starkly contrasted moods. Christopher Wheeldon’s stirring Continuum—his second work for eight dancers scored by the late-20th-century composer György Ligeti’s piano music, after his breakthrough ballet Polyphonia—returns following its NYCB stage debut in Spring 2026, alongside Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky’s moving meditation on loss set to excerpts from Gustav Mahler’s first and fifth symphonies. The buoyant ebullience of Balanchine’s Bourrée Fantasque whisks its cast of 42 through three witty movements set to excerpts from the 19th-century composer Emmanuel Chabrier.
Ballets on this Program
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Continuum
Originally choreographed for San Francisco Ballet in 2002, Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum moves four couples through shifting moods in a poignant reflection of its György Ligeti piano score.
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Solitude
Praised as a "stellar, haunting work" by The New York Times, Alexei Ratmansky's powerfully affecting exploration of grief embodies the isolation of a father following the loss of his child in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Bourrée Fantasque
Displaying his deep affection for French music, Balanchine’s rarely-seen Bourrée Fantasque, set to a score by Chabrier, charms audiences with its vibrant mixture of frolicsome comedy, sparkling classical choreography, and a blazing finale for the corps de ballet.
