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Events
2018 Fall Season
October 18, 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: 141 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.
Dream within a Dream (deferred)
Choreography by Michelle Dorrance
Music by Duke Ellington
Costumes by Linda Cho
Lighting by Brad Fields
Running Time: 27 minutes
Tap dancer and choreographer Michelle Dorrance challenges the rhythmic skills and athletic endurance of the ABT dancers in this crossover ballet, co-commissioned with the Vail Dance Festival. The all-American art form of tap dance and the artists of America’s National Ballet Company® come together in an unexpected and exhilarating medley.
Fancy Free
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Staged by Jean-Pierre Frohlich
Scenery by Oliver Smith
Costumes by Kermit Love
Revival Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Running Time: 31 minutes
The first ballet Jerome Robbins ever choreographed, Fancy Free is an American classic. While a young dancer at American Ballet Theatre, Robbins collaborated with Leonard Bernstein to create a narrative ballet that was an instant success. This playful tale of three sailors on leave in New York City inspired the hugely successful musical On The Town.