New York City Ballet dances Fall, Nutcracker, Winter, and Spring seasons at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center. Founding choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins created a legacy that is unique in the ballet world. Basically, they made ballet American.
The 2024-2025 Season features some great Latin Principals and Soloists. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
Latin Principal dancers in the 2024-2025 Season include:
- Jovani Furlan is a Principal from Joinville, Brazil. @jovani.furlan 🇧🇷
- Roman Mejia is a Soloist from Fort Worth, Texas. @roman.julian.mejia 🇺🇸
Latin Soloists in the 2024-2025 Season include:
- Erica Pereira is a Soloist from Northport, New York. @peanutica 🇺🇸
- Aarón Sanz is a Soloist from Madrid, Spain. @aaronsmadrid 🇪🇸
- Sebastian Villarini-Velez is a Soloist from San Juan, Puerto Rico. @el_vinyl_seb 🇵🇷
New York City Ballet Fall 2024 Season
The New York City Ballet Fall 2024 Season features Balanchine’s Coppélia, resident choreographer Justin Peck’s 10th anniversary, a Lar Lubovitch company premiere, and a Caili Quan world premiere; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from September 17 – October 13, 2024. From $54.
Caili Quan is a Chamorro Filipino from Guam. The Chamorro are native Gaumanians. Guam is a U.S. territory that was once part of the Philippines. 🇬🇺 🇵🇭
New York City Ballet “Nutcracker”
New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®; is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from November 29, 2024 through January 4, 2025. Tickets go on sale on September 23, 2024 at 12pm.
New York City Ballet Made the Nutcracker Famous
George Balanchine and America’s first prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief (Native American Osage Nation), turned an obscure work called “The Nutcracker” into the world’s most popular ballet. They made it part of American culture. Today, it is the main fund-raiser for ballet companies around the world. It’s also the ballet that gives many young dancers their first experience on the main stage.
New York City Ballet Winter 2025 Season
New York City Ballet’s Winter 2025 Season features world premieres by Resident Choreographer Justin Peck and Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, plus ballets originated by Native American ballet legend Maria Tallchief including “Firebird.” The season’s grand finale is Martin’s “Swan Lake” at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from April 22 – June 1, 2025.
Martins’ “Swan Lake” is from February 19 – March 1, 2025.
Maria Tallchief’s 100th Birthday Celebration
Maria Tallchief, Native American Osage Nation, was America’s first prima ballerina. Balanchine developed his “Nutcracker” for her.
New York City Ballet Spring 2025 Season
New York City Ballet’s Spring 2024 Season features Balanchine’s “Apollo,” plus works set to Ravel. There is also contemporary ballet by Ratmansky, Wheeldon, and Abraham. The season finale is Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream;” at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from April 22 – June 1, 2025.
Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is from May 27 – June 1, 2025.
Apollo Was Mr. B’s Muse
“Apollo” (1928), the oldest ballet in City Ballet’s repertory, is the work that made George Balanchine famous. The story of Apollo’s coming-of-age under the influence of the muses, mirrors Mr. B’s own creative journey. The piece, choreographed for Sergie Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, was when Balanchine decided that he didn’t have to hold tightly to tradition, that he could begin letting go. It was his transition into creative maturity.
What is in that pose where four dancers become one in one of the most striking poses in all of ballet? We see Ubuntu, the South African concept that “I am because we are.” By himself, Balanchine was just a man. With dancers, he was a god, he became Apollo himself. I am because we are.
About New York City Ballet
When George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein started New York City Ballet in residence at New York City Center in 1948, few could have foreseen the impact they would have on American ballet – and the ballet world at large.
Balanchine brought his Russian Imperial Ballet training, Ballets Russes background, and relationships with legendary ballet composers. Kirstein wanted Balanchine to be able to create freely, and Mr. B did. He continued the development of neoclassical ballet which he started as a choreographer at Ballets Russes in Paris. Mr B led the transition into contemporary ballet. He ultimately stripped away scenery, costume, and story; leaving black and white leotard ballets of pure movement.
Balanchine also carried on the Ballets Russes tradition of collaborating with the best artists of the day. He also helped plant the seeds for Dance Theatre of Harlem. His technique dominates the East Coast with Julie Kent leading Washington Ballet and Lourdes Lopez leading Miami City Ballet.
Jerome Robbins brought his Broadway background and a profound grasp of American culture. He loved African Diaspora dance traditions.
The company’s School of American Ballet has a legacy of developing great dancers. Some become international stars, some become international choreographers, and some go on to lead America’s top ballet companies. In the end, it all comes down to music, choreography, and movement. That is probably exactly what Mr. B had in mind.
Glass Pieces is So New York City
If you’ve never seen “Glass Pieces,” it will blow your mind. It’s an intersection of all the crazy things happening in New York in the early 1980s. The shape-shifting repetition of the music of Philip Glass, and surprising dance geometries reduce the rush hour energy of the Manhattan grid to a living Mondrian painting on the ballet stage. The first time I saw it (with former NYCB Prima Suki Schorer), I just sat in the theatre and cried. It was so beautiful.
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