Joyce Ballet Festival is an August celebration of ballet, the science of dance. It brings together some of the world’s best ballet dancers and choreographers. It’s a special treat to see so many artists of this calibre in an intimate theater. It’s like having front-row seats to the stars of ballet.
Joyce Ballet Festival 2024
For the Joyce Ballet Festival 2024 “UNITE,” American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Calvin Royal III co-produces a multicultural festival of ballet with dancers from nine companies, on five continents, spanning four generations; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, August 13-18, 2024, with a curtain chat on Wednesday, and a family matinee on Saturday. From $27. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇸🇳 🇰🇷 🇪🇸
Dancers from American Ballet Theatre, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Boston Ballet, and more perform works by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine, Angelin Preljocaj, and works by the dancers themselves, including a Calvin Royal III solo.
This Ballet Festival is important because ballet needs to both respect tradition while constantly renewing itself. Otherwise, the ballet audience will be asleep in the theater or dead. ABT dancers give to the next generation, but we have noticed that Calvin Royal III gives a lot. It’s a little ironic that a person of color, a community that was long excluded from ballet, is leading the dance into the future.
Calvin gets it. Our best future is not separate, it is together. That’s why we UNITE!
Dancers include:
- Adji Cissoko @adji_cissoko 🇸🇳 🇩🇪
- Aleisha Walker ABT Dancer @aleisha.nichole 🇺🇸
- Calvin Royal III, ABT Principal @calvinroyaliii 🇺🇸
- Chloe Misseldine, ABT Principal @chloemisseldine
- Chyrstyn Fentroy, Boston Ballet Principal @chyrstynmariah 🇺🇸
- Crystal Huang, 2024 Prix de Lausanne winner @crystalhuangdance 🇺🇸
- Duncan Mcllwaine
- Herman Cornejo, ABT Principal @hermancornejo 🇦🇷
- Ingrid Thoms, ABT Dancer @ingridmthoms
- Isabella Boylston, ABT Principal @isabellaboylston 🇺🇸
- James Whiteside, ABT Principal @jamesbwhiteside 🇺🇸
- Jessica Ferretti, Paul Taylor Dancer @jessica_ferretti 🇺🇸
- João Menegussi, ABT Dancer @j_menegussi 🇧🇷
- Kenny Corrigan, Paul Taylor Dancer @kennycorrigan 🇺🇸
- Kyra Coco, ABT Dancer @kyracoco 🇺🇸
- Luigi Crispino, ABT Dancer @luigicrispino 🇮🇹
- Marianela Moreoless (Walter Battistini), Ballet Eloelle-Grandiva Principal 🇦🇷
- Maya N. Ruinskaya (Kevin Ortiz)
- Paloma Carrera (Jonathan Mendez), Ballet Eloelle-Grandiva Principal @palomacarrera13 🇪🇸
- Paul Marque, Ballet Opera de Paris dancer @paulmarque 🇫🇷
- Sae Eun Park, Ballet Opera de Paris dancer @saeeun_park 🇰🇷
- Shuaib Dee Elhassan @shuaibdeeelhassan 🇺🇸
- Tristan Brosnan, ABT dancer @tristan.brosnan 🇺🇸
- Tyson Ali Clark, Boston Ballet soloist @tys.ali 🇺🇸
Choreographers include:
- Adji Cissoko
- Adriana Pierce
- Aleisha Walker
- Alonzo King 🇺🇸
- Angelin Preljocaj 🇫🇷
- Brady Farrar
- Christopher Rudd
- Duncan Lyle
- George Balanchine
- Jae Man Joo
- James Whiteside
- Lauren Lovette
- My’Kal Stromile
- Victor Trevino
- Zhongjing Fang
Joyce Ballet Festival
The Joyce Ballet Festival is a New York City tradition. It brings together the world’s best ballet dancers and choreographers in August, the last opportunity to do so before they get busy with their respective dance seasons.
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From $27.