Performance Dates
A CHOREOGRAPHIC TRIPTYCH EMBODYING THE SCOPE OF NYCB’S BOUNDARY-PUSHING INNOVATION
The artistic and expressive range of the company’s repertory comes to the forefront with this electric program. Jerome Robbins’ Moves from 1959 markedly broke with ballet tradition by renouncing a score altogether, with the incidental noises of the dancers’ movements providing the only sound, indicating the focus of the work: bodies in motion, and dance in its purity. Mauro Bigonzetti’s Oltremare, which translates to “beyond the sea,” portrays the passions and peregrinations of working-class immigrants, with earthy costumes and accompaniment by the accordion-like fisarmonica. The evening launches with the latest work from Canadian choreographer Alysa Pires, her second commission for the company, following its premiere in the fall.
Ballets on this Program
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Auspicy
Painting an abstract narrative of motherhood through varying life stages, the dancers in Alysa Pires's Auspicy assume avian characters, echoing birdlike musical imagery with fluttering movements, sleek feather-adorned costuming, and dramatic set elements.
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Moves
Forgoing elaborate costumes, set design, and even musical accompaniment, Moves enthralls with the unexpected intensity derived from sounds produced by the dancers themselves.
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Oltremare
Brooding and intensely physical, Oltremare depicts the journey toward a new life with both its struggles and adrenaline-rising anticipation.
