Program
Contemporary Choreography II
FEB 5, 6, 7 mat, 8, 24, 25
Performance Dates
A premiere from Alexei Ratmansky leads a collection of contemporary movement
A world premiere from Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky leads an evening celebrating dancemakers at work today. The company’s Resident Choreographer, Justin Peck, is represented by two contrasting works: Dig the Say, a playful pas de deux in which the dancers engage in challenging, competitive solos, occasionally exchanging a red rubber ball, and the expansive Everywhere We Go, which has become one of the choreographer’s most popular works, a vibrant ballet for 25 dancers set to music by Peck’s frequent collaborator Sufjan Stevens, with whom he created the acclaimed, Tony-winning musical Illinoise. Rounding out the program is Gianna Reisen’s Signs, a ballet for five couples that matches the quiet lyricism of the solo piano score by Philip Glass.
Ballets on this Program
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New Ratmansky
A choreographer whose works “fit City Ballet dancers like a glove” (The New York Times), Alexei Ratmansky creates his third ballet since joining the company as artist in residence in 2023.
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Dig the Say
Created for NYCB’s 2024 Spring Gala, Justin Peck’s Dig the Say features two dancers playfully upping the ante for one another as they take turns performing striking technical feats to Vijay Iyer’s vigorous string quartet.
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Signs
Gianna Reisen’s 2022 commission for the School of American Ballet reveals rippling rows of dancers unleashing bursts of refreshing energy in solos and duets before the swelling waves of the ensemble’s current absorb them once again.
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Everywhere We Go
The epic Everywhere We Go features 25 dancers in a nine-part exploration of Sufjan Stevens' cinematic score, the indie-pop icon's first NYCB commission, with each section accented by a multi-layered and shifting geometric backdrop.
