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Coppélia
2024-09-28 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-09-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-29 15:00 - 17:30, 2024-10-05 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-10-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-06 15:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
The rare full-length ballet highlighted by generous doses of comedy, Coppélia returns to the repertory to mark the 50th anniversary of Balanchine’s 1974 staging. Drawing on the Petipa production, Balanchine collaborated with the great Russian dancer Alexandra Danilova, renowned for her performance in the central role of Swanilda, to bring this 19th-century staple to renewed life. The playful premise: The inventor Dr. Coppélius creates a life-sized doll whose eerie charms entrance the village youth Franz, amusing his beloved Swanilda, who hatches a plot to impersonate the doll and hoodwink her love. Rich in classical choreography infused with high spirits, the ballet has remained in the international repertory ever since its debut.

Scotch Symphony & Creatures of Prometheus
2024-09-28 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-09-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-29 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Fletcher Opera Theater, 2 E South St., Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
In September, step into the mystical Scottish Highlands with George Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony, a tribute to the era of Romantic Ballet. Paired with this movement through time, Ted Seymour’s The Creatures of Prometheus highlights the beauty of the arts as a foundation for a peaceful and just society. Beethoven’s only composition for ballet is an allegory revealing the ideals of the Enlightenment.

Belle: A Tale of Beauty & The Beast
2024-09-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-29 15:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | The Long Center, 701 W Riverside Dr, Austin, TX, 78704, United States
Stephen Mills creates a provocative and sensual retelling of this fairytale romance. Heavily influenced by French filmmaker Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film La Belle et la Bête, the design and stylistic elements reflect the magic and mystery of that ground-breaking movie. Striking sets and fantastical, Alexander McQueen–inspired costumes, both designed by Michael B. Raiford, create an other-worldly setting for this story that redefines true beauty and the search for love. Graham Reynolds’ filmic score blends classical instruments with industrial sounds to create a remarkable auditory setting that is achingly beautiful and hopelessly romantic. This one-of-a-kind dance work will surprise, intrigue, and leave you wanting more!
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The Times Are Racing
2024-09-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-29 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
Step into the world of contemporary ballet with three spectacular choreographers.
Jessica Lang will debut a brand-new work, her first contribution as PNB’s new Resident Choreographer. Add the color and vibrancy of both Edwaard Liang’s The Veil Between Worlds and Justin Peck’s The Times Are Racing and you’ve got a recipe for an invigorating trio of ballets.
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Fall Season
2024-09-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-29 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
This season honors legendary spiritual leader, composer, pianist, and harpist Alice Coltrane and the imaginative storytelling of composer Maurice Ravel through Alonzo King’s choreography.
King has been mesmerized by Coltrane’s music since he was a child—he choreographed one of his very first pieces to her work. He now returns to her body of work to create a ballet as part of “The Year of Alice,” a nationwide tribute to her legacy that includes performances and exhibits by LINES Ballet, Impulse! Records, Detroit Jazz Festival, Hammer Museum, and The New York Historical Society. “Her musical and spiritual journey helped define and shape a life and an entire musical genre,” says Grammy-nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger. Coltrane’s iconic works include Journey In Satchidananda (one of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums), A Monastic Trio, Universal Consciousness, and Ptah, the El Daoud.
The Fall 2024 Season will also feature Alonzo King’s recent collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony. Here the LINES Ballet dancers delve into the enchanting world of Ravel’s 1912 suite Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose), infusing the music with a new interpretation. “I’m not trying to recreate Mother Goose fairy tales,” says King. “My intention is to unearth the deeper allegorical meanings beneath the fairy tales and illustrate those with dance.”

Balanchine + Ratmansky
2024-10-01 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-08 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-10 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
A trio of classic dances by Balanchine joins a favorite from Alexei Ratmansky. Mozartiana, one of Balanchine’s late works, weaves an elegiac spell with its austerely beautiful black costuming and pellucid classical choreography. Two dances set to Stravinsky, the elegant, neoclassical Monumentum pro Gesualdo and the spiky, arrestingly unique Movements for Piano and Orchestra, always make for a stimulating pairing. And Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH, set to a piano concerto by one of his favorite composers, Dmitri Shostakovich, ranks among the dancemaker’s most exuberant and energetic works.

Dracula with Serenade
2024-10-03 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-05 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-10-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-06 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Polk Theater, TPAC, 505 Deaderick St, Nashville, TN, 37243, United States
This fall, Nashville Ballet entwines the spellbinding allure of Dracula with the elegance of George Balanchine’s Serenade for a double bill that transcends the ordinary. Delve into the dark, passionate world of Dracula, a ballet rich in love, lust, and eternal desire, set against a backdrop of Gothic mystery. Dracula will captivate audiences with its tale of immortal yearning. In contrast, George Balanchine’s Serenade is a serene masterpiece, a testament to the beauty of classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s haunting Serenade for Strings in C3 played live by The Nashville Symphony. This double feature promises an unforgettable blend of a thrilling narrative and exquisite dance.
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All Peck
2024-10-03 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
NYCB marks Justin Peck’s tenth year as resident choreographer with this selection of some of his finest works, displaying both his versatility and his musicality. The program includes his first dance for the Company, In Creases, from 2012, an ensemble piece set to music by Philip Glass. As its title indicates, Solo was choreographed for a single dancer, and made its debut as a short film directed by Sofia Coppola during the pandemic. Partita is one of Peck’s signature sneaker ballets, inspired by the Pulitzer Prize–winning a capella composition, which was in turn a tribute to the painter Sol LeWitt, whose daughter, Eva LeWitt, provided the designs. The program concludes with Peck’s exuberant Everywhere We Go, celebrating his enduring collaboration with the composer Sufjan Stevens.

Hansel and Gretel
2024-10-05 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-10-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-06 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., Portland, OR, 97201, Unites States
Hansel and Gretel’s black-and-white world explodes with color—and candy—when they meet a witch in the woods in this hit ballet from Australian choreographer Loughlan Prior.
Featuring an original score from Claire Cowan and a captivating silent-film-aesthetic, this fresh take on the famous fairy tale delivers the perfect amount of October spookiness.
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Fall Fashion Gala
2024-10-09 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
This October, we are thrilled to bring the artistic worlds of choreography and couture together once again at New York City Ballet’s annual Fall Fashion Gala on Wednesday, October 9.
This much anticipated evening of dance and design will feature ballets choreographed by three distinguished women, including a world premiere by New York-based choreographer Caili Quan, with costumes by acclaimed fashion designer Gilles Mendel of House of Gilles. Following a residency with the New York Choreographic Institute, Quan’s work in the fall marks her first for the Company. The program will also include the NYCB premiere of Gianna Reisen’s Signs, originally created for the School of American Ballet’s 2022 Workshop Performances with costumes by NYCB’s Director of Costumes, Marc Happel, along with Tiler Peck’s Concerto for Two Pianos, which NYCB premiered this past winter with costumes by designer Zac Posen.
The evening will begin at 5:30 PM with a cocktail reception hosted by Ruinart Champagne, followed by the performance at 7 PM, and will conclude with an elegant dinner on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater.
