Visionary Steps: Balanchine & Beyond the Contemporary

In a special event honoring the legacy of George Balanchine, members of the New York City Ballet offer a tribute performance organized by principal dancer Adrian Danchig-Waring celebrating the visionary choreographer’s enduring influence on the world of dance. Blending performance with scholarship, the evening will offer a rich, multi dimensional look at Balanchine’s innovations in ballet and his lasting imprint on contemporary dance, brought to life through movement, storytelling, and reflection. This Commons event features choreography by Balanchine and Kyle Abraham, Ulysses Dove, Jerome Robbins, Pam Tanowitz, and Christopher Wheeldon. Dancers include Dominika Afanasenkov, Tyler Angle, Emilie Gerrity, Joseph Gordon, Miriam Miller, Mira Nadon, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht, and Peter Walker with cellist Hannah Holman, electronic violinist Mary Rowell, and production manager Jacqueline Reid.

Visionary Steps: Balanchine & Beyond the Contemporary was developed in collaboration with Works & Process. 

Sprung flooring provided by BalletCollective. 
 

Dancers

• Dominika Afanasenkov
• Tyler Angle
• Emilie Gerrity
• Joseph Gordon
• Miriam Miller
• Mira Nadon
• Taylor Stanley
• Daniel Ulbricht
• Peter Walker

Program

Apollo (1928)

• Music by Igor Stravinsky
• Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
• Lighting by Mark Stanley

Cast
Joseph Gordon, Mira Nadon, Emilie Gerrity, and Dominika Afanasenkov

The performance of Apollo, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

Pas de Deux from Agon (1957)

• Music by Igor Stravinsky
• Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
• Lighting by Mark Stanley

Cast
Miriam Miller and Peter Walker 

The performance of Pas de Deux from Agon, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

A Suite of Dances (1994)

• Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Choreography by Jerome Robbins
• Costume by Santo Loquasto
• Lighting by Jennifer Tipton

Cast
Daniel Ulbricht 
Hannah Holman (Cello)

Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) www.mtishows.com

Solo from The Runaway (2018)

• Music by Nico Muhly
• Choreography by Kyle Abraham
• Costume by Giles Deacon
• Lighting by Dan Scully

Cast
Taylor Stanley

Solo from Law of Mosaics (2022)

• Music by Ted Hearne
• Choreography by Pam Tanowitz
• Costume by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
• Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Cast
Mira Nadon

 

Pas de Deux from After the Rain (2005)

• Music by Arvo Pärt
• Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
• Costumes by Holly Hynes
• Lighting by Mark Stanley

Cast
Miriam Miller and Tyler Angle

Red Angels (1994)

• Music by Richard Einhorn
• Choreography by Ulysses Dove
• Costumes by Holly Hynes
• Lighting by Mark Stanley

Cast
Emilie Gerrity and Taylor Stanley
Dominika Afanasenkov and Joseph Gordon
Mary Rowell (Electric Violin)