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JOURNEY THROUGH NYCB’S ECLECTIC REPERTORY WITH FAVORITES PAST AND PRESENT
This program features four ballets encompassing the depth and variety of the Company's repertory through the years. Balanchine is represented by Allegro Brillante, an ever-exhilarating display of the choreographer’s unmatched mastery and delight in classical technique, and Walpurgisnacht Ballet, another exercise in classical virtuosity set to the famous music from Gounod’s Faust. Robbins’ popular West Side Story Suite is a dramatic distillation of themes and dances from the beloved 1957 musical. Christopher Wheeldon, formerly the Company’s first Resident Choreographer, brings us into the 21st Century with Liturgy, a quietly haunting pas de deux set to music by contemporary composer Arvo Pärt.
Ballets on this Program
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Allegro Brillante
George Balanchine called the exuberant Allegro Brillante "everything I know about classical ballet in thirteen minutes."
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Liturgy
This contemplative pas de deux has a hushed, mystical quality as two dancers separate and return to one another with ever increasing intensity before disappearing into the darkness together.
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Walpurgisnacht Ballet
Balanchine once famously said "ballet is woman," and in Walpurgisnacht Ballet he sends 24 women soaring across the stage with wild abandon.
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West Side Story Suite
A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.
