Choreographer Kyle Abraham returns to premiere his third creation for NYCB, created at a three-week COVID-compliant residency bubble at the Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY.
After the residency period, this new work – featuring dancers India Bradley, Jonathan Fahoury, Christopher Grant, Claire Kretzschmar, Lauren Lovette, Taylor Stanley, KJ Takahashi, and Sebastian Villarini-Velez – was filmed on the Promenade and stage of the David H. Koch Theater.
His third creation for the New York City Ballet, When We Fell (2021) was described by the The New York Times as one of the most beautiful dance films of the pandemic.
For NYCB, Abraham has created The Runaway and the films Ces noms que nous portons, a co- production with Lincoln Center, and When We Fell. He has also created works for other acclaimed dance organizations including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Royal Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, among others. Additionally, he was one of four choreographers who collaborated with former NYCB Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan on Restless Creature in 2013. He has also created commissioned solo works for American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancers Misty Copeland and Calvin Royal III, for New York City Center's Fall For Dance Festival in 2019 and 2020.