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Events
2018 Fall Season
October 26, 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: 139 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.
Other Dances
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Music by Frédéric Chopin (a waltz and four mazurkas - Mazurka in A minor, Op.17, #4, Mazurka in B Major, Op.41, #3, Waltz in A flat, op.64, #3, Mazurka in F minor, Op.63, #2, Mazurka in D Major, Op.33, #2)
Costumes by Santo Loquasto
Lighting by Nananne Porcher
Running Time: 20 minutes
Set to a waltz and four mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin, this classical character pas de deux was created by Jerome Robbins to showcase the technique and artistry of Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Other Dances features a series of Polish folk-inspired choreography for two dramatic dancers with world class strength and technique.
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.