List of New York City Ballet 2008 Winter repertory

Jason Fowler (dancer)

Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cortège Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream...

- - first section

Abi Stafford

Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born, and later on attended the School of American Ballet as a boarding student. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. ...

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Andrew Veyette

Tyler Angle

Adam Hendrickson

- - second section

Rachel Rutherford is a soloist with New York City Ballet. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet School, entered the School of American Ballet in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet...

Sara Mearns

Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Jared Angle

Stephen Hanna

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  The Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to an excerpt from Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...

Ashley Bouder

Gonzalo Garcia

- Western Symphony
  Western Symphony
  Western Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to music arranged by Hershy Kay. The premiere, Tuesday, September 7th, 1954, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, was conducted by Leon Barzin and presented in practice clothes...

- - First movement Allegro

Abi Stafford

Nilas Martins

- - Second movement Adagio

Sterling Hyltin

Albert Evans
Albert Evans (dancer)
Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

- - Third movement Rondo

Teresa Reichlen

Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel, former ballet star, is a producer and director of dance and music performances. Among his recent projects was directing the first performance of the White House Dance Series in September 2010, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by First Lady Michelle...

February 19 Inspirations

Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”

The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances (ballet)
The Chairman Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to John Adams' eponymous music from 1985. The music was originally written for Adams' opera, Nixon in China, but not used in production: the scene is that in which Mao Zedong dances with his future...

Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations may refer to:Variations on a Rococo Theme by TchaikovskyRococo Variations by Christopher Wheeldon made to the Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme...

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes (ballet)
Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts . It lasts an average of 28 minutes...

January 2 Jewels

Jewels (ballet)

Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...

Week one, January 2 – 6 Wednesday, January 2

- Emeralds

Ashley Bouder

Sara Mearns

Alina Dronova

Ana Sophia Scheller

Stephen Hanna

Jonathan Stafford

Antonio Carmena

- Rubies

Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born, and later on attended the School of American Ballet as a boarding student. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. ...

Teresa Reichlen

Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Diamonds

Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Philip Neal
Philip Neal
Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...

January 9 matinée Romeo † Juliet
Romeo + Juliet (ballet)
Romeo † Juliet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet...

Juliet

Lady Capulet

Nurse

Romeo

Tybalt

Mercutio

Lord Capulet

Benvolio

Friar Laurence

Prince of Verona

Paris

Erica Pereira

Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Gwyneth Muller

Allen Peiffer

Giovanni Villalobos

Adam Hendrickson

Jock Soto
Jock Soto
Jock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....

Adrian Danchig-Waring

Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

Albert Evans
Albert Evans (dancer)
Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

Christian Tworzyanski

January 9 evening Romeo † Juliet
Romeo + Juliet (ballet)
Romeo † Juliet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet...

Juliet

Lady Capulet

Nurse

Romeo

Tybalt

Mercutio

Lord Capulet

Benvolio

Friar Laurence

Prince of Verona

Paris

Sterling Hyltin

Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Georgina Pazcoguin

Robert Fairchild

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Daniel Ulbricht

Jock Soto
Jock Soto
Jock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....

Antonio Carmena

Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

Albert Evans
Albert Evans (dancer)
Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

Jonathan Stafford

January 16 Four by Four

Ballo della Regina
Ballo della Regina
Ballo della Regina is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine, set to music of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos. Its premiere performance was on January 12, 1978, by the New York City Ballet at New York State Theater in Lincoln Center...

Liturgy
Liturgy (ballet)
Liturgy is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to music by Arvo Pärt. The premiere took place May 31, 2003 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center...

Les Gentilhommes
Les Gentilhommes
Les Gentilhommes is a ballet for nine men made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster-in-chief Peter Martins to Georg Friedrich Händel's 1739 Concerti Grossi, Opus 6, nos. 9 and 2...

Fancy Free

January 23 Passages

- An American in Paris
  An American in Paris (ballet)
  An American in Paris is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first resident choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, to eponymous music by George Gershwin from 1928...

Tiler Peck

Sara Mearns

Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel, former ballet star, is a producer and director of dance and music performances. Among his recent projects was directing the first performance of the White House Dance Series in September 2010, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by First Lady Michelle...

Valse Triste
Valse Triste (ballet)
Valse Triste is a ballet made by New York City Ballet then balletmaster Peter Martins to Sibelius's eponymous waltz as well as Scene with Cranes from his incidental music for the play Kuolema . the crane being a symbol of death in Finnish literature...

Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Jared Angle

- Oltremare
  Oltremare
  Oltremare is a ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti to Bruno Moretti's eponymous music commissioned by New York City Ballet. The premiere took place Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by the choreographer and Marc Happel and lighting by Mark Stanley...

- Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons is the first of three ballets made by Alexei Ratmansky on New York City Ballet, the others being Concerto DSCH and Namouna, A Grand Divertissement...

Rebecca Krohn‡

Rachel Rutherford
Rachel Rutherford
Rachel Rutherford is a soloist with New York City Ballet. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet School, entered the School of American Ballet in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet...

Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Alina Dronova

Glenn Keenan

Abi Stafford

Albert Evans
Albert Evans (dancer)
Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

Antonio Carmena

Adam Hendrickson

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Jonathan Stafford

Sean Suozzi

January 30 Passages
Wednesday, January 30

- An American in Paris
  An American in Paris (ballet)
  An American in Paris is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first resident choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, to eponymous music by George Gershwin from 1928...

- Oltremare
  Oltremare
  Oltremare is a ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti to Bruno Moretti's eponymous music commissioned by New York City Ballet. The premiere took place Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by the choreographer and Marc Happel and lighting by Mark Stanley...

- Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons is the first of three ballets made by Alexei Ratmansky on New York City Ballet, the others being Concerto DSCH and Namouna, A Grand Divertissement...

Rebecca Krohn‡

Double Feature (ballet)

Double Feature was made by Susan Stroman on New York City Ballet to music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson and a libretto by Ms. Stroman and Glen Kelly with orchestrations by Doug Besterman and arrangement by Mr. Kelly; the libretto for "Makin' Whoopee!" is based on the play Seven Chances,...

- The Blue Necklace

Dorothy Brooks

Mrs. Griffith

Mable

Florence

Young Mable

Young Florence

Billy Randolph

Mr. Griffith

Maria Kowroski
Maria Kowroski
Maria Kowroski is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.Ms. Kowroski's training in ballet began at the School ofthe Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the corps de ballet in 1995....

Savannah Lowery

Ashley Bouder

Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born, and later on attended the School of American Ballet as a boarding student. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. ...

Skyla Shreter

Clara Ruf-Muldonado

Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel, former ballet star, is a producer and director of dance and music performances. Among his recent projects was directing the first performance of the White House Dance Series in September 2010, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by First Lady Michelle...

Jason Fowler
Jason Fowler (dancer)
Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cortège Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream...

- Makin' Whoopee

Anne Windsor

Jimmie Shannon

Joe Doherty

Edward Meekin

Garrison

- Thou Swell
  Thou Swell (ballet)
  Thou Swell is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky: *"Where or When" *"Manhattan"...

Yvonne Borree
Yvonne Borree
Yvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age....

Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Faye Arthurs

Sara Mearns

Nilas Martins

Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...

Jared Angle

Tyler Angle

- Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to songs of Charles Ives: *The Children's Hour*Memories, Part A: Very Pleasant*Waltz*The Cage*The See'r*Two Little Flowers*At the River and Serenity*He is There...

Sara Mearns

Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...

Jared Angle

Robert La Fosse

- West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the 1957 music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and extracted from the eponymous musical which he had choreographed, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Irene Sharaff and lighting...

Faye Arthurs

Georgina Pazcoguin

Gretchen Smith

Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel, former ballet star, is a producer and director of dance and music performances. Among his recent projects was directing the first performance of the White House Dance Series in September 2010, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by First Lady Michelle...

February 20 American Songs and Dances

- Thou Swell
  Thou Swell (ballet)
  Thou Swell is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky: *"Where or When" *"Manhattan"...

- Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to songs of Charles Ives: *The Children's Hour*Memories, Part A: Very Pleasant*Waltz*The Cage*The See'r*Two Little Flowers*At the River and Serenity*He is There...

- West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the 1957 music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and extracted from the eponymous musical which he had choreographed, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Irene Sharaff and lighting...

Faye Arthurs

Georgina Pazcoguin

Gretchen Smith

Robert Fairchild

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Andrew Veyette

January 3 Dance for Joy
Thursday, January 3

- Brandenburg
  Brandenburg (ballet)
  Brandenburg is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to music from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos :*Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Allegro **Brandenburg Concerto No...

Ashley Bouder

Maria Kowroski
Maria Kowroski
Maria Kowroski is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.Ms. Kowroski's training in ballet began at the School ofthe Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the corps de ballet in 1995....

Antonio Garcia
Antonio García
Antonio García nom de guerre of Eliécer Erlington Chamorro Acosta , one of the main commanders of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional , or National Liberation Army.The ELN is a revolutionary, Marxist, insurgent guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia...

Philip Neal
Philip Neal
Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...

- Carousel (A Dance)
  Carousel (ballet)
  Carousel is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to the music of "Carousel Waltz" and "If I Loved You" by Richard Rodgers, arranged and orchestrated by William David Brohn. The music used in the ballet is from Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical...

Tiler Peck

Ashley Laracey

Rebecca Krohn

Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel, former ballet star, is a producer and director of dance and music performances. Among his recent projects was directing the first performance of the White House Dance Series in September 2010, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by First Lady Michelle...

Tyler Angle

Adrian Danchig-Waring

- Zakouski

Yvonne Borree
Yvonne Borree
Yvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age....

Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

- The Concert
  The Concert (ballet)
  The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's balletmaster, to Chopin's: *Tanaquil LeClercq*Todd Bolender*Yvonne Mounsey*Robert Barnett*Wilma Curley*John Mandia*Shaun O'Brien...

Rachel Piskin Due to illness or injury, Rachel Piskin and Adam Hendrickson replaced Stephanie Zungre and Andrew Veyette in The Concert

The Concert (ballet)

The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's balletmaster, to Chopin's: *Tanaquil LeClercq*Todd Bolender*Yvonne Mounsey*Robert Barnett*Wilma Curley*John Mandia*Shaun O'Brien...

Ashley Laracey

Gwyneth Muller

Georgina Pazcoguin

Arch Higgins
Arch Higgins
Arch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...

Adam Hendrickson

Austin Laurent

Allen Peiffer

Justin Peck

January 10 Four by Four

Ballo della Regina
Ballo della Regina
Ballo della Regina is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine, set to music of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos. Its premiere performance was on January 12, 1978, by the New York City Ballet at New York State Theater in Lincoln Center...

Liturgy
Liturgy (ballet)
Liturgy is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to music by Arvo Pärt. The premiere took place May 31, 2003 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center...

Les Gentilhommes
Les Gentilhommes
Les Gentilhommes is a ballet for nine men made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster-in-chief Peter Martins to Georg Friedrich Händel's 1739 Concerti Grossi, Opus 6, nos. 9 and 2...

Fancy Free

January 17 Balanchine’s World

- Le tombeau de Couperin
  Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
  Le tombeau de Couperin is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title and orchestrated by the composer 1920...

the company

- Tarantella
  Tarantella (ballet)
  Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 , reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay...

- Bugaku
  Bugaku (ballet)
  Bugaku is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Toshiro Mayuzumi commissioned by City Ballet in 1962. The premiere took place on March 30, 1963, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery by David Hays, costumes by...

- La Sonnambula
  La Sonnambula (ballet)
  La Sonnambula is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi and costumes by Karinska...

Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Sara Mearns

Likolani Brown

Rachel Piskin

Ana Sophia Scheller

Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Devin Alberda

Troy Schumacher

Vincent Paradiso

Adam Hendrickson

January 24 Balanchine’s World
Week four, January 22 – 27 Thursday, January 24

- Le tombeau de Couperin
  Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
  Le tombeau de Couperin is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title and orchestrated by the composer 1920...

the company

- Tarantella
  Tarantella (ballet)
  Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 , reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay...

- Bugaku
  Bugaku (ballet)
  Bugaku is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Toshiro Mayuzumi commissioned by City Ballet in 1962. The premiere took place on March 30, 1963, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery by David Hays, costumes by...

- La Sonnambula
  La Sonnambula (ballet)
  La Sonnambula is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi and costumes by Karinska...

Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Sara Mearns

Likolani Brown

Rachel Piskin

Ana Sophia Scheller

Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Devin Alberda

Troy Schumacher

Vincent Paradiso

Adam Hendrickson

January 31 Double Feature

Double Feature (ballet)

Thursday, January 31

- The Blue Necklace

Dorothy Brooks

Mrs. Griffith

Mable

Florence

Young Mable

Young Florence

Billy Randolph

Mr. Griffith

- Makin' Whoopee

Anne Windsor

Jimmie Shannon

Joe Doherty

Edward Meekin

Garrison

Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”

The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances (ballet)
The Chairman Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to John Adams' eponymous music from 1985. The music was originally written for Adams' opera, Nixon in China, but not used in production: the scene is that in which Mao Zedong dances with his future...

Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations may refer to:Variations on a Rococo Theme by TchaikovskyRococo Variations by Christopher Wheeldon made to the Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme...

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes (ballet)
Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts . It lasts an average of 28 minutes...

February 14 Matters of the Heart

- Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda . The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations...

Ashley Bouder

variation i

variation ii

variation v

variation vi

variation vii

Andrew Veyette Due to illness or injury, Andrew Veyette replaced Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

in the Raymonda Variations

Raymonda Variations

Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda . The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations...

Savannah Lowery

Tiler Peck

Sara Mearns

Rebecca Krohn

Teresa Reichlen

- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (ballet)
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Bizet's Jeux d'enfants , Op. 22, Nos. 6, 3, 11 and 12....

- The Nightingale and the Rose
  The Nightingale and the Rose (ballet)
  The Nightingale and the Rose is a ballet made by Christopher Wheeldon to music by Bright Sheng commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The premiere took place on Friday, June 8th, 2007, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, the orchestra conducted by the composer...

Bright Sheng

Bright Sheng is a Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist. He has lived in the United States since 1982 and is on faculty at the University of Michigan. In 1999, the White House commissioned Sheng to compose a piece to honor the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji at a state dinner hosted by...

- Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief George Balanchine. It is set to Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6 . The premiere took place on June 19, 1980, at the New York State...

Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Sara Mearns

Abi Stafford

Janie Taylor

Jared Angle

Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...

Stephen Hanna

Nilas Martins

February 21 Matters of the Heart
Week eight, February 19 – 24 Thursday, February 21

- Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda . The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations...

variation i

variation ii

variation v

variation vi

variation vii

Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Savannah Lowery

Tiler Peck

Sara Mearns

Rebecca Krohn

Teresa Reichlen

- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (ballet)
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Bizet's Jeux d'enfants , Op. 22, Nos. 6, 3, 11 and 12....

Erica Pereira

Tom Gold

- The Nightingale and the Rose
  The Nightingale and the Rose (ballet)
  The Nightingale and the Rose is a ballet made by Christopher Wheeldon to music by Bright Sheng commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The premiere took place on Friday, June 8th, 2007, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, the orchestra conducted by the composer...

Bright Sheng

- Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief George Balanchine. It is set to Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6 . The premiere took place on June 19, 1980, at the New York State...

Jewels (ballet)

Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...

- Emeralds

Ashley Bouder

Sara Mearns

Alina Dronova

Ana Sophia Scheller

Stephen Hanna

Jonathan Stafford

Antonio Carmena

- Rubies

Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild
Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born, and later on attended the School of American Ballet as a boarding student. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. ...

Teresa Reichlen

Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Diamonds

Jewels (ballet)

Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...

Emeralds

Rubies

Diamonds

January 18 Traditions

- Square Dance
  Square Dance (ballet)
  Square Dance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine to Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he added Arcangelo Corelli's Sarabanda, Badinerie...

- Prodigal Son

- The Four Seasons
  The Four Seasons (ballet)
  The Four Seasons is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani , I Lombardi and Il Trovatore...

Janus

- - Winter

Sterling Hyltin

Antonio Carmena

Adam Hendrickson

Justin Peck

- - Spring

Sara Mearns

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Philip Neal
Philip Neal
Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...

- - Summer

- - Fall

Ashley Bouder

Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Daniel Ulbricht

Henry Seth

January 25 Passages

Friday, January 25

- An American in Paris
  An American in Paris (ballet)
  An American in Paris is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first resident choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, to eponymous music by George Gershwin from 1928...

- Oltremare
  Oltremare
  Oltremare is a ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti to Bruno Moretti's eponymous music commissioned by New York City Ballet. The premiere took place Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by the choreographer and Marc Happel and lighting by Mark Stanley...

- Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons is the first of three ballets made by Alexei Ratmansky on New York City Ballet, the others being Concerto DSCH and Namouna, A Grand Divertissement...

Rebecca Krohn‡

Double Feature (ballet)

- The Blue Necklace

Dorothy Brooks

Mrs. Griffith

Mable

Florence

Young Mable

Young Florence

Billy Randolph

Mr. Griffith

- Makin' Whoopee

Anne Windsor

Jimmie Shannon

Joe Doherty

Edward Meekin

Garrison

Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”

The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances (ballet)
The Chairman Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to John Adams' eponymous music from 1985. The music was originally written for Adams' opera, Nixon in China, but not used in production: the scene is that in which Mao Zedong dances with his future...

Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations may refer to:Variations on a Rococo Theme by TchaikovskyRococo Variations by Christopher Wheeldon made to the Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme...

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes (ballet)
Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts . It lasts an average of 28 minutes...

February 15 American Songs and Dances

- Thou Swell
  Thou Swell (ballet)
  Thou Swell is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky: *"Where or When" *"Manhattan"...

- Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to songs of Charles Ives: *The Children's Hour*Memories, Part A: Very Pleasant*Waltz*The Cage*The See'r*Two Little Flowers*At the River and Serenity*He is There...

- West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the 1957 music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and extracted from the eponymous musical which he had choreographed, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Irene Sharaff and lighting...

- Serenade
  Serenade (ballet)
  Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet, to Tschaikovsky's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48...

Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Yvonne Borree
Yvonne Borree
Yvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age....

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard
Charles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...

Stephen Hanna

- Mozartiana
  Mozartiana
  Mozartiana is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine which opened their Tschaikovsky Festival. It is the choreographer's third homage to Mozart and is set to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61 , consisting of:*Preghiera...

- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
  Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet)
  Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine on his earlier company, American Ballet Caravan to eponymous music from 1879–80. The premiere took place on May 29, 1941, at Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro,...

Teresa Reichlen

Jonathan Stafford

Savannah Lowery

Vincent Paradiso

Faye Arthurs

Amanda Hankes

Christian Tworzyanski

January 5 Romeo † Juliet
Romeo + Juliet (ballet)
Romeo † Juliet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet...

Juliet

Lady Capulet

Nurse

Romeo

Tybalt

Mercutio

Lord Capulet

Benvolio

Friar Laurence

Prince of Verona

Paris

Juliet

Lady Capulet

Nurse

Romeo

Tybalt

Mercutio

Lord Capulet

Benvolio

Friar Laurence

Prince of Verona

Paris

- Le tombeau de Couperin
  Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
  Le tombeau de Couperin is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title and orchestrated by the composer 1920...

the company

- Tarantella
  Tarantella (ballet)
  Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 , reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay...

- Bugaku
  Bugaku (ballet)
  Bugaku is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Toshiro Mayuzumi commissioned by City Ballet in 1962. The premiere took place on March 30, 1963, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery by David Hays, costumes by...

- La Sonnambula
  La Sonnambula (ballet)
  La Sonnambula is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi and costumes by Karinska...

Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...

Sara Mearns

Likolani Brown

Rachel Piskin

Ana Sophia Scheller

Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar
Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Devin Alberda

Troy Schumacher

Vincent Paradiso

Adam Hendrickson

January 26 Four by Four

- Ballo della Regina
  Ballo della Regina
  Ballo della Regina is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine, set to music of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos. Its premiere performance was on January 12, 1978, by the New York City Ballet at New York State Theater in Lincoln Center...
- Liturgy
  Liturgy (ballet)
  Liturgy is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to music by Arvo Pärt. The premiere took place May 31, 2003 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center...
- Les Gentilhommes
  Les Gentilhommes
  Les Gentilhommes is a ballet for nine men made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster-in-chief Peter Martins to Georg Friedrich Händel's 1739 Concerti Grossi, Opus 6, nos. 9 and 2...
- Fancy Free

February 2 Double Feature
Double Feature (ballet)
Double Feature was made by Susan Stroman on New York City Ballet to music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson and a libretto by Ms. Stroman and Glen Kelly with orchestrations by Doug Besterman and arrangement by Mr. Kelly; the libretto for "Makin' Whoopee!" is based on the play Seven Chances,...

- The Blue Necklace

Dorothy Brooks

Mrs. Griffith

Mable

Florence

Young Mable

Young Florence

Billy Randolph

Mr. Griffith

Maria Kowroski is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.Ms. Kowroski's training in ballet began at the School ofthe Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the corps de ballet in 1995....

Savannah Lowery

Sterling Hyltin

Skyla Shreter

Clara Ruf-Muldonado

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Kyle Froman

- Makin' Whoopee

Anne Windsor

Jimmie Shannon

Joe Doherty

Edward Meekin

Garrison

Tiler Peck

Tom Gold

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Robert Fairchild

Arch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...

February 9 Spirit of Discovery

- The Goldberg Variations
  The Goldberg Variations (ballet)
  The Goldberg Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's ballet master Jerome Robbins to Johann Sebastian Bach's eponymous music from 1742, BWV 988, his only work in the form of theme and variations; the theme is a sarabande he wrote for his second wife...

- - theme

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Jason Fowler (dancer)

- - first section

Abi Stafford

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Andrew Veyette

Tyler Angle

Adam Hendrickson

- - second section

Sara Mearns

Jared Angle

Stephen Hanna

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  The Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to an excerpt from Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...

Ashley Bouder

Gonzalo Garcia

- Western Symphony
  Western Symphony
  Western Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to music arranged by Hershy Kay. The premiere, Tuesday, September 7th, 1954, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, was conducted by Leon Barzin and presented in practice clothes...

- - First movement Allegro

Abi Stafford

Nilas Martins

- - Second movement Adagio

Sterling Hyltin

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

- - Third movement Rondo

Teresa Reichlen

Damian Woetzel, former ballet star, is a producer and director of dance and music performances. Among his recent projects was directing the first performance of the White House Dance Series in September 2010, which took place in the East Room of the White House and was hosted by First Lady Michelle...

February 16 Inspirations

Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”

The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances (ballet)
The Chairman Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to John Adams' eponymous music from 1985. The music was originally written for Adams' opera, Nixon in China, but not used in production: the scene is that in which Mao Zedong dances with his future...

Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations
Rococo Variations may refer to:Variations on a Rococo Theme by TchaikovskyRococo Variations by Christopher Wheeldon made to the Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme...

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes (ballet)
Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts . It lasts an average of 28 minutes...

February 23 Passages

- An American in Paris
  An American in Paris (ballet)
  An American in Paris is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first resident choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, to eponymous music by George Gershwin from 1928...

Tiler Peck

Sara Mearns

- Valse Triste
  Valse Triste (ballet)
  Valse Triste is a ballet made by New York City Ballet then balletmaster Peter Martins to Sibelius's eponymous waltz as well as Scene with Cranes from his incidental music for the play Kuolema . the crane being a symbol of death in Finnish literature...

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Jared Angle

- Oltremare
  Oltremare
  Oltremare is a ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti to Bruno Moretti's eponymous music commissioned by New York City Ballet. The premiere took place Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by the choreographer and Marc Happel and lighting by Mark Stanley...

Tiler Peck

Tyler Angle

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

- Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons
  Russian Seasons is the first of three ballets made by Alexei Ratmansky on New York City Ballet, the others being Concerto DSCH and Namouna, A Grand Divertissement...

Rebecca Krohn Due to illness or injury, Rebecca Krohn replaced Georgina Pazcoguin in Russian Seasons
Russian Seasons
Russian Seasons is the first of three ballets made by Alexei Ratmansky on New York City Ballet, the others being Concerto DSCH and Namouna, A Grand Divertissement...

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Alina Dronova

Glenn Keenan

Abi Stafford

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

Antonio Carmena

Adam Hendrickson

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Jonathan Stafford

Sean Suozzi

January 5 Jewels
Jewels (ballet)
Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...

- Emeralds

Ashley Bouder

Sara Mearns

Alina Dronova

Ana Sophia Scheller

Stephen Hanna

Jonathan Stafford

Antonio Carmena

- Rubies

Teresa Reichlen

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Diamonds

Charles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...

January 12 Jewels
Jewels (ballet)
Jewels is an award-winning ballet in three parts created for New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday,...

- Emeralds

Ashley Bouder

Sara Mearns

Alina Dronova

Ana Sophia Scheller

Stephen Hanna

Jonathan Stafford

Antonio Carmena

- Rubies

Teresa Reichlen

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Diamonds

January 19 Traditions

- Square Dance
  Square Dance (ballet)
  Square Dance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine to Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he added Arcangelo Corelli's Sarabanda, Badinerie...

Andrew Veyette

- Prodigal Son

Pauline Golbin

Dena Abergel

Jonathan Stafford

Sean Suozzi

Kyle Froman

- The Four Seasons
  The Four Seasons (ballet)
  The Four Seasons is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani , I Lombardi and Il Trovatore...

Janus

Jason Fowler (dancer)

- - Winter

Sterling Hyltin

Antonio Carmena

Adam Hendrickson

Justin Peck

- - Spring

Sara Mearns

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Philip Neal

Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...

- - Summer

Briana Shepherd

Stephen Hanna

- - Fall

Ashley Bouder

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Daniel Ulbricht

Henry Seth

January 26 Spirit of Discovery

Saturday, January 26

- The Goldberg Variations
  The Goldberg Variations (ballet)
  The Goldberg Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's ballet master Jerome Robbins to Johann Sebastian Bach's eponymous music from 1742, BWV 988, his only work in the form of theme and variations; the theme is a sarabande he wrote for his second wife...

- - theme

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Jason Fowler (dancer)

- - first section

Abi Stafford

Stephen Hanna

Andrew Veyette

Tyler Angle

Adam Hendrickson

- - second section

Jared Angle

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
  The Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to an excerpt from Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...

Ashley Bouder

Gonzalo Garcia

- Western Symphony
  Western Symphony
  Western Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to music arranged by Hershy Kay. The premiere, Tuesday, September 7th, 1954, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, was conducted by Leon Barzin and presented in practice clothes...

- - First movement Allegro

Abi Stafford

Nilas Martins

- - Second movement Adagio

Sterling Hyltin

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

- - Third movement Rondo

Teresa Reichlen

- The Blue Necklace

Dorothy Brooks

Mrs. Griffith

Mable

Florence

Young Mable

Young Florence

Billy Randolph

Mr. Griffith

Savannah Lowery

Ashley Bouder

Skyla Shreter

Clara Ruf-Muldonado

Jason Fowler (dancer)

- Makin' Whoopee

Anne Windsor

Jimmie Shannon

Joe Doherty

Edward Meekin

Garrison

Tiler Peck

Tom Gold

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Robert Fairchild

February 9 American Songs and Dances

- Thou Swell
  Thou Swell (ballet)
  Thou Swell is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky: *"Where or When" *"Manhattan"...

Yvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age....

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Faye Arthurs Due to illness or injury, Faye Arthurs and Tyler Angle replaced Maria Kowroski

Maria Kowroski

and Amar Ramasar

Amar Ramasar

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

in Thou Swell
Thou Swell (ballet)
Thou Swell is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to the songs of Richard Rodgers in an arrangement by Glen Kelly with orchestrations Don Sebesky: *"Where or When" *"Manhattan"...

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Sara Mearns

Nilas Martins

Jared Angle

Tyler Angle

- Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs
  Ives, Songs is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to songs of Charles Ives: *The Children's Hour*Memories, Part A: Very Pleasant*Waltz*The Cage*The See'r*Two Little Flowers*At the River and Serenity*He is There...

Sara Mearns

Jared Angle

Robert La Fosse

- West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the 1957 music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and extracted from the eponymous musical which he had choreographed, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Irene Sharaff and lighting...

Faye Arthurs

Georgina Pazcoguin

Gretchen Smith

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

February 16 Russian Treasures

- Serenade
  Serenade (ballet)
  Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet, to Tschaikovsky's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48...

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Stephen Hanna

- Mozartiana
  Mozartiana
  Mozartiana is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine which opened their Tschaikovsky Festival. It is the choreographer's third homage to Mozart and is set to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61 , consisting of:*Preghiera...

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Daniel Ulbricht

- Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
  Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet)
  Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine on his earlier company, American Ballet Caravan to eponymous music from 1879–80. The premiere took place on May 29, 1941, at Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro,...

Ashley Bouder

Jonathan Stafford

Savannah Lowery

Vincent Paradiso

Faye Arthurs

Amanda Hankes

Christian Tworzyanski

February 23 Matters of the Heart

Saturday, February 23

- Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda . The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations...

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Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Savannah Lowery

Tiler Peck

Sara Mearns

Rebecca Krohn

Teresa Reichlen

- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (ballet)
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Bizet's Jeux d'enfants , Op. 22, Nos. 6, 3, 11 and 12....

Erica Pereira

Tom Gold

- The Nightingale and the Rose
  The Nightingale and the Rose (ballet)
  The Nightingale and the Rose is a ballet made by Christopher Wheeldon to music by Bright Sheng commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The premiere took place on Friday, June 8th, 2007, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, the orchestra conducted by the composer...

Bright Sheng
Bright Sheng
Bright Sheng is a Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist. He has lived in the United States since 1982 and is on faculty at the University of Michigan. In 1999, the White House commissioned Sheng to compose a piece to honor the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji at a state dinner hosted by...

Sara Mearns

Tyler Angle

- Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief George Balanchine. It is set to Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6 . The premiere took place on June 19, 1980, at the New York State...

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Sara Mearns

Abi Stafford

Janie Taylor

Jared Angle

Stephen Hanna

Nilas Martins

January 6 Dance for Joy

- Brandenburg
  Brandenburg (ballet)
  Brandenburg is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to music from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos :*Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Allegro **Brandenburg Concerto No...

Ashley Bouder

Gonzalo Garcia

Philip Neal

- Carousel (A Dance)
  Carousel (ballet)
  Carousel is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to the music of "Carousel Waltz" and "If I Loved You" by Richard Rodgers, arranged and orchestrated by William David Brohn. The music used in the ballet is from Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical...

Tiler Peck

Ashley Laracey

Rebecca Krohn

Tyler Angle

Adrian Danchig-Waring

- Zakouski

Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

- The Concert
  The Concert (ballet)
  The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's balletmaster, to Chopin's: *Tanaquil LeClercq*Todd Bolender*Yvonne Mounsey*Robert Barnett*Wilma Curley*John Mandia*Shaun O'Brien...

Stephanie Zungre

Ashley Laracey

Georgina Pazcoguin

Gwyneth Muller

Andrew Veyette

Austin Laurent

Allen Peiffer

Justin Peck

January 6 (evening) Romeo † Juliet

Romeo + Juliet (ballet)

Romeo † Juliet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet...

Juliet

Lady Capulet

Nurse

Romeo

Tybalt

Mercutio

Lord Capulet

Benvolio

Friar Laurence

Prince of Verona

Paris

Sterling Hyltin

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Georgina Pazcoguin

Robert Fairchild

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Daniel Ulbricht

Jock Soto

Jock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....

Antonio Carmena

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

Jonathan Stafford

January 13 Romeo † Juliet

Romeo + Juliet (ballet)

Romeo † Juliet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet...

Juliet

Lady Capulet

Nurse

Romeo

Tybalt

Mercutio

Lord Capulet

Benvolio

Friar Laurence

Prince of Verona

Paris

Erica Pereira

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Gwyneth Muller

Allen Peiffer

Giovanni Villalobos

Adam Hendrickson

Jock Soto

Jock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....

Adrian Danchig-Waring

Jonathan Stafford

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

Christian Tworzyanski

January 20 Balanchine’s World

- Le tombeau de Couperin
  Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
  Le tombeau de Couperin is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title and orchestrated by the composer 1920...

the company

- Tarantella
  Tarantella (ballet)
  Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 , reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay...

Daniel Ulbricht

- Bugaku
  Bugaku (ballet)
  Bugaku is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Toshiro Mayuzumi commissioned by City Ballet in 1962. The premiere took place on March 30, 1963, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery by David Hays, costumes by...

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

- La Sonnambula
  La Sonnambula (ballet)
  La Sonnambula is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi and costumes by Karinska...

Sara Mearns

Likolani Brown

Rachel Piskin

Ana Sophia Scheller

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Devin Alberda

Troy Schumacher

Vincent Paradiso

Adam Hendrickson

January 27 Traditions

- Square Dance
  Square Dance (ballet)
  Square Dance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine to Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he added Arcangelo Corelli's Sarabanda, Badinerie...

- Prodigal Son

Teresa Reichlen

Pauline Golbin

Dena Abergel

Daniel Ulbricht

Jonathan Stafford

Antonio Carmena

Adam Hendrickson

- The Four Seasons
  The Four Seasons (ballet)
  The Four Seasons is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani , I Lombardi and Il Trovatore...

Janus

Jason Fowler (dancer)

- - Winter

Sterling Hyltin

Sean Suozzi

Christian Tworzyanski

- - Spring

Sara Mearns

Jared Angle

- - Summer

Rebecca Krohn

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

- - Fall

Ashley Bouder

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Antonio Carmena

February 3 Double Feature
Double Feature (ballet)
Double Feature was made by Susan Stroman on New York City Ballet to music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson and a libretto by Ms. Stroman and Glen Kelly with orchestrations by Doug Besterman and arrangement by Mr. Kelly; the libretto for "Makin' Whoopee!" is based on the play Seven Chances,...

- The Blue Necklace

Dorothy Brooks

Mrs. Griffith

Mable

Florence

Young Mable

Young Florence

Billy Randolph

Mr. Griffith

Savannah Lowery

Ashley Bouder

Skyla Shreter

Clara Ruf-Muldonado

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

Kyle Froman

- Makin' Whoopee

Anne Windsor

Jimmie Shannon

Joe Doherty

Edward Meekin

Garrison

Tiler Peck

Tom Gold

Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...

Robert Fairchild

February 10 Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....

farewell

- Apollo
  Apollo (ballet)
  Apollo is a ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by balletmaster George Balanchine in 1928, the composer contributing the libretto...

Ashley Bouder

- Zakouski

Andrew Veyette

- “Cool” from West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite
  West Side Story Suite is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the 1957 music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and extracted from the eponymous musical which he had choreographed, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Irene Sharaff and lighting...

Saskia Beskow

Glenn Keenan

Jennifer Tinsley

- Western Symphony
  Western Symphony
  Western Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to music arranged by Hershy Kay. The premiere, Tuesday, September 7th, 1954, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, was conducted by Leon Barzin and presented in practice clothes...

- - First movement Allegro

Abi Stafford

Nilas Martins

- - Second movement Adagio

Sterling Hyltin

Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...

- - Third movement Rondo

February 17 Matters of the Heart

- Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations
  Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda . The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations...

Ashley Bouder

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Andrew Veyette Due to illness or injury, Andrew Veyette replaced Benjamin Millepied

Benjamin Millepied

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

in the Raymonda Variations
Raymonda Variations
Raymonda Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to excerpts from the first act of Glazunov's Raymonda . The premiere took place on December 7, 1961, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, under the title Valses et Variations...

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Savannah Lowery

Tiler Peck

Sara Mearns

Rebecca Krohn

Teresa Reichlen

- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (ballet)
  The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Bizet's Jeux d'enfants , Op. 22, Nos. 6, 3, 11 and 12....

Daniel Ulbricht

- The Nightingale and the Rose
  The Nightingale and the Rose (ballet)
  The Nightingale and the Rose is a ballet made by Christopher Wheeldon to music by Bright Sheng commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The premiere took place on Friday, June 8th, 2007, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, the orchestra conducted by the composer...

Sara Mearns

Tyler Angle

- Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
  Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief George Balanchine. It is set to Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6 . The premiere took place on June 19, 1980, at the New York State...

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Sara Mearns

Abi Stafford

Janie Taylor

Jared Angle

Stephen Hanna

Nilas Martins

February 24 Russian Treasures

- Serenade
  Serenade (ballet)
  Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet, to Tschaikovsky's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48...

Darci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Stephen Hanna

- Mozartiana
  Mozartiana
  Mozartiana is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine which opened their Tschaikovsky Festival. It is the choreographer's third homage to Mozart and is set to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61 , consisting of:*Preghiera...