Classic NYCB II
$40-$218
Frédéric Chopin — Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (part of 'Other Dances')
Frédéric Chopin — Mazurka in B major, Op. 41, No. 3 (part of 'Other Dances')
Frédéric Chopin — Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64, No. 3 (part of 'Other Dances')
Frédéric Chopin — Mazurka in F minor, Op. 63, No. 2 (part of 'Other Dances')
Frédéric Chopin — Mazurka in D major, Op. 33, No. 2 (part of 'Other Dances')
Caroline Shaw — Gustave Le Gray (part of 'Gustave le Gray No. 1')
Sufjan Stevens — Enjoy Your Rabbit (part of 'Year of the Rabbit')
A pair of dances that illustrate two distinctive aspects of Jerome Robbins' artistry highlight this diverse program. Interplay, first seen in 1945, features music by Morton Gould, and was described by one critic as "the foundation of an American mid-forties classic style." Other Dances features just two dancers in a display of sweeping, occasionally folk-inflected ballet technique. The Robbins pieces are joined by newer works: Pam Tanowitz's Gustave le Gray No. 1 is performed to a score for solo piano by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, its title a tribute to the 19th-century French artist known for his innovations in the nascent medium of photography. And Justin Peck's Year of the Rabbit, his second dance for the Company, marked Peck's first collaboration with the singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.
Runs May 8-26.