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Events
2018 Fall Season
October 25, 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: 136 minutes
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.
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.
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.