Off-Season: New York Theatre Ballet presents Legends & Visionaries
Saturday, September 26 | 7:30PM
In 2016, Antonia Franceschi — a former New York City Ballet dancer — world-premiered a new work for Danspace Project’s 40th anniversary. This season, she returns as NYTB’s artistic director. Full circle.
New York Theatre Ballet and Danspace Project mark a decade of collaboration with a mixed program of intimate classics and daring new commissions: Homage by Mark Baldwin former director of the Rambert Dance Company, along with New York City premieres by Melissa Toogood and Annie B. Parson, and the premiere of Lee and Jackson / Uncaged, co-created by Sarah Joyce and Franceschi, music by Claire Van Kampen, executive producer Sir Mark Rylance with Juliet Rylance and David Conrad, inspired by Lee Krasner’s Umber Series.
Danspace Project
131 E 10th St
New York, NY 10003
Trio Con Brio (Antony Tudor)
Homage (Mark Baldwin)
A Study With Monica (Melissa Toogood)
Short Ride Out (Annie B. Parson)
Lee and Jackson / Uncaged written and directed by Sarah Joyce, Movement Franceschi
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Founded by Diana Byer in 1978, NYTB performs traditional works by choreographers such as Frederick Ashton, Antony Tudor, and Jerome Robbins; is sought after by the heirs of modern dance such as José Limón and Merce Cunningham to recreate their original works; and commissions significant, emerging choreographers such Pam Tanowitz, Marco Pelle, Antonia Franceschi, Amanda Treiber, Julian Donohue, and more. NYTB has self-produced at venues including Florence Gould Hall, Danspace Project, and New York Live Arts; and appeared at Carnegie Hall, New York City Center, Brookfield Place, 92NY, and Schimmel Center. Touring venues have included Jacob’s Pillow, MA; Kaatsbaan, NY; Kirkland Performing Arts Center, WA; Johnny Carson Theatre, NE; Dixie Carter Theatre, TN; and Colonial Theatre, NH.