AILEY II
Apr 11, 2024THE VALENTINA KOZLOVA INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION
Apr 19, 2024
David H. Koch Theater
April 19 – June 2
New York City Ballet’s 75th anniversary cracks open its Spring Season on May 28 and runs through June 2.
The season opens with programs dedicated to the founder George Balanchine plus the revival of Tzigane renamed Errante. Choreographed by Balanchine for his muse Suzanne Farrell for the 1975 Ravel Festival. In addition, Farrell with stage the work for a new generation of NYCB dancer. Holding the rights, Farrell adopted Errante, meaning wandering, a title Balanchine once used for a 1933, now lost ballet. Other featured ballets are Balanchine’s Brahams-Schoenberg Quartet and Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering.
The Company’s annual Spring Gala performance on Thursday, May 2 features World Premiere
ballets by New York-based choreographer Amy Hall Garner and NYCB Resident Choreographer, Artistic Advisor Justin Peck. The Gala program will also feature Balanchine’s Rubies, the second section of
the full-length Jewels which is set to Igor Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra.
The season continues with power-packed ballets William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman Pas de Deux: Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels, Christopher Wheeldon’s Scenes de Ballet, Pam Tanowitz’s Law of Mosaics; Kyle Abraham’s Love Letter (on Shuffle); and Gianna Reisen’s Play Time.
So. much to see in so little time.
C. Ipiotis
