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Ballet Festival Curated by Misty Copeland in NYC

Visit the ballet performance calendar to view dates of all showings of this program.

Week 1

INTERACTIONS
Choreographer: Ingrid Silva
Artists: Elias Re and Renan Cerdeiro

SHOW PONY
Choreographer: Kyle Abraham
Artist: Taylor Stanley (New York City Ballet)

YOUNG LOVERS (excerpt)
Choreographwe: Houston Thomas
Artists: Joe González and Aeron Buchanan (Complexions Contemporary Ballet)

SONATA FOR TWO CELLOS
Choreographer: José Limón
Artist: TBA

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 Work
Choreographer: Aleisha Walker
Artists: TBA


Week 2

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)

TBA
Choreographer: TBA
Artists: 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, Sun Mi Park, Finnian Carmeci, and Ingrid Thoms (American Ballet Theatre)

New Work
Choreographer: Ilo Elder
Artists: TBA

Programming subject to change. More programming to be announced at a later date.