With Aram Hengen Carson Van Popering Fletcher Barr Maddie Brown Julie Fawcett Mia Gonzalez-Lloren Katie Zak Sarah Pfeiffer Christina Henares Staged by Kyra Nichols Christian Claessens, Ballet Master
Premiere: Novem| New York City Ballet City Center of Music and Drama (New York City) Balanchine created this cheerful and sunny work for “Salute to Italy,” a 1960 New York City Ballet program celebrating the one-hundredth anniversary of Italy’s unification.Ĭhoreography by George Balanchine Music: Selections from Don Sebastian* by Gaetano Donizetti Vivacious dances set to music from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Dom Sébastien. This sad and soulful pas de deux invites the audience to contemplate loss-and invites the dancers to demonstrate the movement eclecticism of this world-renowned choreographer, now artistic director of BalletMet. The beautiful Bach Chaconne sets the mood for a work filled with contemporary ballet movement, Janes’ complex and visually stimulating approach to partnering, and the maturity these dancers demonstrate as they perform professional-level repertoire. Philip Glass’s “Four Movements for Two Pianos” takes center stage as Peck, resident choreographer for New York City Ballet, explores expansive new places-challenging the body instrument to express movement in its fullest form.