Nijinsky
“Nijinsky” is the title of this “choreographic approach” to a dance phenomenon that has been part of Neumeier’s life ever since the beginning of his career. During his approximately ten years as a dancer, Vaslav Nijinsky set a new standard…
Category Ballet
modern and contemporary ballet performances
Legends and Visionaries
Dedicated to presenting works from choreographers past and present, New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) returns with a new program of Legends and Visionaries, a series that focuses on infrequently performed masterpieces by legendary choreographers and new works from contemporary visionaries.…
Choré
The backdrop to Choré is the emergence of musical theatre in the United States. Shown by the choreographer as less sparkling than in our imagination, here, this period is used as the pretext to question the evolution of dance. What…
Paquita
The ballet marked Petipa’s debut as a dancer and a choreographer in St. Petersburg. But only the last scene of the original three act ballet, the famous Grand pas classique, representing the dances at the wedding of the main characters,…
Stabat Mater
The piece offers the public an intimate incursion in the universe of Les Grands Ballets. This contemporary creation by young choreographer Edward Clug, who also brilliantly revisited the celebrated Carmina Burana last season, has known success since its premiere in…
Childs – Carvalho – Lasseindra – Doherty
At the invitation of the Théâtre de la Ville and the Théâtre du Châtelet, (LA)HORDE presents a program with the Ballet national de Marseille. The performance consists of the work of four different choreographers, all offering a plural and complementary…
A Suite of Dances
An American neoclassical dance festival with works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins – a new combination of works from the Wiener Staatsballett repertoire with the addition of the first Staatsballett performance of “A Suite of Dances”. For George Balanchine,…
1984
Widely lauded by critics, 1984 is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell’s masterpiece choreographed by Jonathan Watkins. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinised by Big Brother. When he meets Julia however, Winston dares…
In Close
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Four women and one man dance in tutus to baroque music. Five dancers denied their farewell performances depict a dance of longing and distance – and the necessity of saying goodbye to start anew. In Close (Nærme in Norwegian), two…