New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography I
$40-$218
Modest Mussorgsky
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
A classic Jerome Robbins ballet pointing the way toward the future combines with three works from contemporary choreographers. Glass Pieces is Robbins' electrifying 1983 ballet to music by the iconic contemporary composer Philip Glass. Alexei Ratmansky employed a classic 19th-century piano composition from Mussorgsky to create a ballet that translates the music into the choreographer's distinctive 21st-century idioms. Gianna Reisen's Play Time, which debuted at the 2022 Fall Fashion Gala, is set to a score by Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Solange Knowles. And Red Angels, from the late choreographer Ulysses Dove, has remained a staple in the Company repertory since its debut in 1994.
Performances on May 14, 18, 22, & 25.