Scherzo à la Russe, Divertimento from ‘Le Baiser de la Fée’, Danses Concertantes,and Firebird
September 22-28, 2012
David H. Koch Theater, New York
New York City Ballet
STRAVINSKY/BALANCHINE: THE COLLABORATION
Fall Season Begins on September 18
With First-Ever All Stravinsky/All Balanchine Festival
New York City Ballet will open its 2012-2013 season at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, September 18 with Stravinsky/Balanchine: The Collaboration, a two-week tribute to the landmark creative partnership between composer Igor Stravinsky and NYCB’s co-founder George Balanchine. The program features performances of 12 different ballets that Balanchine created to Stravinsky’s music over a period of more than 40 years. This special series of performances also marks the 30th and 40th anniversaries of NYCB’s historic 1972 and 1982 Stravinsky Festivals.
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Scherzo à la Russe
Music by: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by: George Balanchine
This brief, all-female ballet is a light-hearted and buoyant work that evokes the movements of Russian folk dances.
Divertimento from ‘Le Baiser de la Fée’
Music by: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by: George Balanchine
Incorporating melodies by Tschaikovsky, Stravinsky’s divertimento is the passionate yet mysteriously foreboding groundwork for Balanchine’s ephemeral choreography.
Danses Concertantes
Music by: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by: George Balanchine
The mercurial movements of this intoxicating ballet feature a series of witty pas de trois that are simultaneously fanciful and invigorating.
Firebird
Music by: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
Dressed in Chagall’s exquisite sets and costumes, Firebird illustrates an enchanting fairytale and the fantastical creatures of its strange world.
Venue: David H. Koch Theater
The David H. Koch Theater is a traditional proscenium theater with seating for 2,544. Part of New York’s famed 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. The David H. Koch Theater is home to New York City Ballet.
The theater, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, opened on April 23, 1964 and was formerly known as the New York State Theater. It continues to undergo a series of renovations and improvements to make it state-of-the-art in all technical areas.
The auditorium features a hybrid of traditional and continental style seating on the orchestra level, five “Rings” (balconies), faced with jewel-like faceted lights and a large spherical chandelier in the gold paneled ceiling. The lobby features many fine examples of modern art.
20 Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023
