New York City Ballet Season 2016/17 includes 77 ballets, 3 full-length classics, 8 world premieres.
The Spring 2017 Here: Now Festival. There Is Only Now.
—George Balanchine
The ballet – as the founder George Balanchine liked to say – only exists “right now.” While this powerful metaphor of art as a continuously unfolding present reminds us that dance is staged by living people before a live audience, it is also about the vibrant immediacy of dance and the joy that it affords.
To be swept up in the emotionally charged combination of motion giving shape to live music. And to allow ourselves to be wholly transported from our daily lives and the unrelenting buzz of constant distraction.
Whatever a dance was yesterday or will become tomorrow, the opportunity to experience what it is right now is fleeting. This makes it all the more imperative we seize the moment. Whether we come to see how the Company’s remarkable talent of today interprets our classics. Or when we go to the premiere of the innovative new works only now being created.
New York City Ballet. Tickets: 212-496-0600 www.nycballet.com
David H. Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023
FALL
SEPT 20 – OCT 16
WORLD PREMIERES BY LOPEZ OCHOA, LOVETTE, PECK, AND WALKER* SEPT 20, 27, OCT 1 eve, 5, 15 mat
VIENNA WALTZES SEPT 22, 23, 24 eve, 25
JEWELS SEPT 28, 30, OCT 1 mat, 2
GLASS PIECES OCT 4, 6, 9, 16 FEB 21, 23, 25 mat & eve
SERENADE OCT 7, 8 mat, 12
FIREBIRD OCT 11, 13, 14, 15 eve JAN 17, 20, 21 mat & eve, 28 mat, 29 *Programs vary by date.
NUTCRACKER The Annual holiday run of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker opens on November 25 and runs through December 31.
WINTER
JAN 17 – FEB 26
PRODIGAL SON JAN 17, 20, 21 mat & eve, 28 mat, 29
SWAN LAKE (BALANCHINE) JAN 18, 19, 25, 31, FEB 4 mat, 5
THE CAGE JAN 22, 24, 27, FEB 3
WORLD PREMIERES by LIDBERG AND PECK JAN 26, 28 eve, FEB 1, 2, 4 eve
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY FEB 8, 9, 10, 11 mat & eve, 12 mat & eve, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 mat & eve, 19
THE CONCERT FEB 21, 23, 25 mat & eve APR 19, 20, 22 mat
SPRING APR 18 – MAY 28
SYMPHONY IN C APR 18, 21, 22 eve, 23
THE HERE/NOW FESTIVAL APR 25 – MAY 21
POLYPHONIA APR 25, 28, 29 eve
NAMOUNA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT APR 27, 30, MAY 3
WORLD PREMIERES by PECK and RATMANSKY MAY 4, 6 mat & eve, 7, 12, 14, 18, 20 eve
YEAR OF THE RABBIT MAY 10, 13 mat
RED ANGELS MAY 16, 20 mat, 21
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM MAY 23–28
Plan ahead and save: Standard Series and Create-Your-Own Series subscriptions for the 2016-17 season are available online or by phone at 212-496-0600. Special rates for groups are also available.
Off stage, New York City Ballet also offer a wide array Public Programs for both children and adults that will enhance and enrich your New York City Ballet experience.
The 2016-17 Season, featuring an impressive 77 ballets, including three sumptuous full-lengths, eight programs paying homage to Balanchine and Robbins, and eight world premieres, all culminating in the remarkable four-week Here/Now Festival next spring.
Subscriptions are now on sale—secure your seats today with packages starting at only $90. nycballet.com/subscribe1617
Backstage at with the New York City Ballet dancers.An atmospheric look at the pre-show movements of the New York City Ballet dancers. Directed by Stephen Kidd and Peter Lindbergh, the film is set to original music by composer Guillame Gesquiere
New York City Ballet. George Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER:
New York City Ballet: Waltz of the Snowflakes. New York City Ballet in an excerpt from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracke
NYC Ballet’s Teresa Reichlen on Balanchine’s FIREBIRD:
NYC Ballet Presents: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
Posted by Nadia Kovarskaya
