All shows at 7:30pm
Sun Sep 21 at 2pm
PROGRAM 1 | SEP 16 & 17
JEROBOAM BOZEMAN, ANNA GREENBERG, JACQUELIN HARRIS, SARA MEARNS, JAMAR ROBERTS
Dance Is A Mother
Contemporary Dance | A love letter to dance set to live music played by Attacca Quartet
Choreography by Jamar Roberts
New York City Center / Artists at the Center Commission
DARIO NATARELLI
The Man I Love
Tap Dance | An intimate tap solo featuring Gershwin’s enchanting tune performed with live cello
Choreography by Michelle Dorrance & Dario Natarelli
New York City Center / Artists at the Center Commission
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Dust
Contemporary Ballet | Cinematic, 23-member ensemble piece set amidst the haunting backdrop of World War I
Choreography by Akram Khan
NY Premiere
PROGRAM 2 | SEP 18 & 19
CLARA FUREY/BENT HOLLOW
Canada
Dog Rising
Contemporary | Hypnotic polyphony of pulsating bodies that mirrors the driving electronic score
Choreography by Clara Furey
New York City Center Commission
US Premiere
LIL BUCK & DAVÓNE TINES
Co-commission by New York City Center and Vail Dance Festival
Resurrection
Memphis Jookin' | Memphis Jookin’ dancer meets a genre-blending bass-baritone
Choreography by Lil Buck
World Premiere
HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
IMPASSE
Contemporary Dance | A theatrical joy bomb about our shared humanity and sense of self
Choreography by Johan Inger
PROGRAM 3 | SEP 20 & 21
GIBNEY COMPANY
Three Dances (for prepared piano) John Cage
Postmodern Dance | Postmodern precision reflects an intensely rhythmic score
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
HANNAH O’NEILL & HUGO MARCHAND, courtesy of Paris Opera Ballet
France
Afternoon of a Faun
Neoclassical Ballet | Star dancers embody a sensual encounter in a studio
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
KNONAME ARTIST│RODERICK GEORGE
The Missing Fruit (Part I)
Contemporary Dance | Celebrating the Black experience in America, highlighting resilience and joy
Choreography by Roderick George
New York City Center Commission
World Premiere
PROGRAM 4 | SEP 24 & 25
BALLET BC
Canada
Obsidian
Contemporary Dance | An exploration of relationships—sacred, ritualistic, and raw
Choreography by Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber
US Premiere
OLGA SMIRNOVA & JACOPO TISSI, courtesy of Dutch National Ballet
Netherlands
Balcony pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet
Contemporary Ballet | Classical celebration of the famous, forbidden star-crossed lovers
Choreography by Rudi van Dantzig
NY Premiere
SOCIAL TANGO PROJECT
Argentina
Social Tango Project
Tango | Movement, music, and film evoking the richness and passion of tango
Choreography by Agustina Videla
NY Premiere
PROGRAM 5 | SEP 26 & 27
THE STUTTGART BALLET
Germany
THREE FOR HANS
Neoclassical Ballet | An elegant ballet in three parts by a neoclassical Dutch master
Choreography by Hans van Manen
I-LING LIU X
DANCE ON FLUID
Taiwan
… and, or…
Contemporary Dance | An intricate and athletic duet involving competition and play
Choreography by I-Ling Liu
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Grace
Modern Dance | A modern classic that shakes the soul
Choreography by Ronald K. Brown