Performance Dates
Explore Balletic Boundaries with Three Vanguard Dancemakers
A world premiere from Jamar Roberts opens this program of works from dancemakers at the forefront of contemporary choreography. Roberts, whose work as a dancer and as the Resident Choreographer at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater have garnered recent commissions from New York City Center’s Fall for Dance and Works & Process at the Guggenheim, among others, returns to NYCB for his first main stage work following the Fall 2020 dance-on-film premiere of Water Rite. It is joined by Pam Tanowitz’s first dance for the Company, Bartók Ballet, an ensemble piece fusing neoclassical choreography with modern and folk steps. The program concludes with Kyle Abraham’s genre-bending work for the 2018 Fall Gala, The Runaway, with a score that combines a classical piece by contemporary composer Nico Muhly with music by James Blake, Jay-Z, and Kanye West, among others.
Ballets on this Program
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New Roberts
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Bartók Ballet
Known for her post-modern take on classical dance, Pam Tanowitz presents ballerinas in pointe shoes in an otherwise contemporary ensemble work exploring space and time, set to the braided melodies of Bartók’s string quartet.
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The Runaway
Kyle Abraham’s choreographic perspective takes center stage in a work fusing modern and classical technique, accented by dramatic lighting, imaginative costumes by Giles Deacon, and an eclectic soundtrack mixing composer Nico Muhly, singer James Blake, and hip-hop artists Jay-Z and Kanye West.
