New York City Ballet turns fifty.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of CITY--In its fiftieth-anniversary year, New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. pauses to look at its past and present--if a company that will dance one hundred different ballets, including five premieres and several revivals between now and summer 1999 can be said to pause. The winter season at the New York State Theater The New York State Theater is part of New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. The theater occupies the south side of the main plaza (at Columbus Avenue & 63rd Street) that it shares with the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall (home of the New begins November 24 with a benefit gala reenacting the company's famous first program at City Center on October 11, 1948: founder-choreographer George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, Symphony in C Symphony in C may refer to a number of symphonies written in the key of C Major:
The succeeding weeks of Balanchine's Nutcracker will include special appearances, followed by a week of Balanchine's "black-and-white" ballets, January 5 to 10; repertory weeks with a new ballet in honor of Balanchine's birthday on January 22 and revivals of his Bugaku and Jacques d'Amboise's Irish Fantasy; and a week of the late Jerome Robbins's ballets set to European and Russian music, February 23-29. The spring season, April 29 to June 27, begins with the company's first performance of Martins's Swan Lake (to be broadcast on Dance in America May 5), ends with Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream, and features a series of festivals: in honor of Igor Stravinsky, with a new ballet by Christopher Wheeldon; Tchaikovsky, with Aurora's Wedding and a revival of Robbins's 1988 Andantino an·dan·ti·no Music adv. & adj. In a tempo variously construed as slightly faster or slower than andante. Used chiefly as a direction. n. pl. an·dan·ti·nos An andantino passage or movement. ; and American music, with a new ballet to the music of Wynton Marsalis by Martins and one to Duke Ellington as arranged by Marsalis (choreographer TBA TBA See: To be announced ); as well as revivals of Eliot Feld's The Unanswered Question, a Hershy Kay tribute, and programs of Robbins works. Anniversary celebrations will include guest conductors, singers, and dancers, as well as evenings dedicated to individual composers. The company's collaborations with great writers and other artists over the years are highlighted in a new book, TRIBUTES: Celebrating Fifty Years of New York City Ballet, published by William Morrow. An exhibition, "Dance in the City: Fifty Years of New York City Ballet," will take place April 7 to October 17 at the New-York Historical Society New-York Historical Society, New York City. Founded in 1804, the society is a repository of art, artifacts, and literature relating to American, especially New York, history. , organized by Lynn Garafola and Eric Foner. The company is extending its educational and outreach work for this special year and will hold a series of Monday evening seminars featuring former stars of the company. Martins said that retired stars Merrill Ashley, Suzanne Farrell, Melissa Hayden, Arthur Mitchell, and Edward Villella have already agreed to take part in the seminars. The celebrations will continue through the summer season in Saratoga Springs, New York "Saratoga Springs" redirects here. For the unrelated Utah city, see Saratoga Springs, Utah. For the resort inspired by this city, see Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, USA. , with exhibitions at the National Museum of Dance. |
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