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Events
Innovation Past and Present
October 19, 2024 at 2:00 pm
David H. Koch Theater
New York, New York
Innovation Past and Present
Running Time: 144 minutes
La Boutique Gemma Bond World Premiere
Gemma Bond creates a new “tutu ballet” for the ages, an abstract work yet brimming with emotion, to music by Ottorino Respighi after Gioachino Rossini, and featuring striking set and costume designs by Jean-Marc Puissant, with lighting by Clifton Taylor.
Mercurial Son Kyle Abraham World Premiere
Kyle Abraham’s first work for American Ballet Theatre presents and highlights our dancers in his unique style, with dynamic phrase work and an interweaving of classical and contemporary vocabularies. This thoughtful, witty work propels ABT’s dancers to new realms, revealing a side to them that will surprise and excite our audiences.
Études
Ballet and Choreography by Harald Lander
Music by Carl Czerny
Adapted and Orchestrated by Knudåge Riisager
Staged by Thomas Lund
Artistic Advisor: Lise Lander
Lighting Design by Nananne Porcher
after Harald Lander
Running Time: 46 minutes
Études is an affectionate and exhilarating tribute to the very art form of classical dance, set to music by Carl Czerny. Often hailed for its choreographic fireworks, Études is the quintessential fusion of art and technique.