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2018 Fall Season
October 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm
David H. Koch Theater
New York, New York
2018 Fall Season
Every fall, join American Ballet Theatre at the David H. Koch Theater for two weeks of mixed repertory ballet performances, featuring classic choreography, groundbreaking World Premieres and our world-class Company of dancers.
Running Time: 143 minutes
Symphonie Concertante
Choreography by George Balanchine
Revival Staged by Susan Jones
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 364)
Costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge
Lighting by David K.H. Elliott
Running Time: 32 minutes
Set to Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra,” Symphonie Concertantepairs two principal dancers with the solo violin and viola. A beautiful and simple structure emerges as the dancers weave in and out of the music.
Songs of Bukovina
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Music by Leonid Desyatnikov (Excerpts from "Bukovinian Songs [24 Preludes for Piano]")
Costumes by Moritz Junge
Lighting by Brad Fields
Running Time: 24 minutes
ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky invites audiences to experience a festive village gathering. Set to the music of Leonid Desyatnikov, Songs of Bukovina explores the folk traditions of the Eastern European mountains.
AFTERITE
Choreography by Wayne McGregor
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Set and Costumes by Vicki Mortimer
Lighting by Lucy Carter
Video Design by Ravi Deepres
Running Time: 36 minutes
In his first collaboration with American Ballet Theatre award winning choreographer Wayne McGregor creates a piece the New York Times describes as “ingenious and often suspenseful”. McGregor’s visceral movement brings an energetic spirit to this entirely new take on Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.