Ballet Festival Curated by Misty Copeland in NYC
Visit the ballet performance calendar to view dates of all showings of this program.
Week 1: August 4-9
INTERACTIONS
Choreographer: Ingrid Silva
Artists: Elias Re and Renan Cerdeiro
SHOW PONY
Choreographer: Kyle Abraham
Artist: Taylor Stanley (New York City Ballet)
PERCUSSION IV
Choreographer: Bob Fosse
Artist: Shota Miyoshi (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)
YOUNG LOVERS (excerpt)
Choreographer: Houston Thomas
Artists: Joe González and Aeron Buchanan (Complexions Contemporary Ballet)
SONATA FOR TWO CELLOS
Choreographer: José Limón
Artist: Victor Abreu (New York City Ballet)
ROMEO AND JULIET
Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev
Artists: Guillaume Diop and Sae Eun Park (Paris Opera Ballet)
AVE MARIA
Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden
Artists: April Watson and Joe González (Complexions Contemporary Ballet)
New Commission
Choreographer: Aleisha Walker
Artists: Madison Brown, Carly Greene, Delaney Washington, and Aleisha Walker
Week 2: August 11-16
CLEAR
Choreographer: Stanton Welch
Artists: Harper Watters , Naazir Muhammad, and Kellen Hornbuckle (Houston Ballet)
MIDDLE LENGTH POEM
Choreographer: Andrea Miller
Artist: Taylor Stanley (New York City Ballet)
DEEP RIVER (excerpt: Lift Every Voice)
Choreographer: Alonzo King
Artist: Artist Babatunji (Alonzo King LINES Ballet Guest)
FIREBIRD (solo and pas de deux excerpts)
Choreographer: John Taras
Artists: Alexandra Hutchinson and Derek Brockington (Dance Theatre of Harlem)
AVE MARIA
Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden
Artists: April Watson and Joe González (Complexions Contemporary Ballet)
THAIS
Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev
Artists: Guillaume Diop and Sae Eun Park (Paris Opera Ballet)
MANTLE
Choreographer: James Whiteside
Artists: Sierra Armstrong, Madison Brown, Finnian Carmeci, Ingrid Thoms, SunMi Park, and Christine Shevchenko (American Ballet Theatre)
SunMi Park: August 11–14
Christine Shevchenko: August 15–16
Ingrid Thoms: August 11–12
Madison Brown: August 13–16
MELT (World Premiere Joyce Commission)
Choreographer: Ilo Elder
Artists: Ilo, Olivia Bell, Deven Crawford, Vinicius Freire, Raven Joseph, and Kylie Takeno Williams
Programming subject to change.
