Off-Season: New York Theatre Ballet presents Legends & Visionaries: The Next Era
Friday, September 25 | 7PM
Saturday, September 26 | 7:30PM
LEGENDS & VISIONARIES: THE NEXT ERA
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 pieces by Melissa Toogood and Annie-B Parson, and the premiere of Uncaged+, created by Franceschi, music by Claire Van Kampen, inspired by Lee Krasner’s Umber Series.
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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.