New York City Ballet

FROM THE NYCI // “I see it as a journal entry, allowing me to self reflect—to understand where I am in my artistic career,” Houston Thomas shares in reference to 001.3, his third New York Choreographic Institute commission. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “I wanted to show how the music really defines the piece and the choreographic devices that I use. I also hope that the creative process that I produce is presented in the work. It’s a collaboration. I want the dancers to be just as visible as my steps, and I hope to see them just as much as I hope to see myself in the ballet.”⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Hear from all five choreographers commissioned for the NYCI 2023 Fall Session and watch their works filmed by @qwharton at the #linkinbio .⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Photo: Nina Westervelt (@vnina )⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @houdidit_ #houstonthomas @olivia_thedancer #oliviabell @kj.takahashi_ #kjtakahashi @duttonohara #meaghanduttonohara @ketodancewear @nychoreographicinstitute #nyci #ballet #dance #choreography #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

FROM THE NYCI // The New York Choreographic Institute pairs rising talents in choreography with the dancers of the School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet, encouraging and supporting both the choreographers and the dancers by fostering a safe, progressive space that welcomes all to embrace the choreographic process. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ In keeping with these goals, the Institute has begun leaning more intentionally into a “continuity of care” approach by inviting choreographers to return for more than one session—sometimes several. The five works developed throughout the Fall Session 2023 reflect this objective. Head to the #linkinbio to watch the most recent NYCI commissions by returning choreographers Harrison Ball, Eliza Blutt, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Raja Feather Kelly, and Houston Thomas alongside interviews with each about their individual processes.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @nychoreographicinstitute #nyci #ballet #dance #choreography #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

FROM THE NYCI // “Inspired by dance and film luminaries like Lucinda Childs, Maya Deren, and Chantal Akerman, I aimed to weave mathematical formations and cinematic elements into the piece while holding onto my own style and knowledge,” former Company member Eliza Blutt told us while discussing her latest New York Choreographic Institute commission, I’m Afraid of Revolving Doors and Escalators. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “I was also given the chance to work with a dramaturg, Cat Rodríguez, whose deep knowledge of theater and humanity gave the piece another perspective and dimension. To have real-time feedback while making art is a gift which makes the piece more informed and multifaceted.”⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Hear from all five choreographers commissioned for the NYCI 2023 Fall Session and watch their works filmed by @qwharton at the #linkinbio .⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Photo: Erin Baiano (@erinbaiano )⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @elizzzzaaa #elizablutt @sab_nyc #SAB @nychoreographicinstitute #nyci #ballet #dance #choreography #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

FROM THE NYCI // “There’s a huge educational component to what I’m doing when I work with the Institute,” Raja Feather Kelly said in conversation over Sisyphus (and Friends), his second work for the New York Choreographic Institute. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “These artists are studying ballet; most of the time they spend in school, what are the themes? What kind of physical information do I think is contemporary, or aligned with my version of experimental dance theater? I build a lot of ensemble work, so it becomes important to ask: How do you dance with a group of people, while holding on to your individuality? Flocking, flying, and falling were the themes that started the movement generation for Sisyphus (and Friends).” ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Hear from all five choreographers commissioned for the NYCI 2023 Fall Session and watch their works filmed by @qwharton at the #linkinbio .⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Photo: Erin Baiano (@erinbaiano )⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @rajafeatherkelly #rajafeatherkelly @sab_nyc #SAB @nychoreographicinstitute #nyci #ballet #dance #choreography #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

FROM THE NYCI // For her 2023 Fall New York Choreographic Institute commission, her second for the Institute, choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull drew from a uniquely personal well: “My young daughter Ivy started having seizures last year. She explained the experience predominantly as a void, bereft of memory, aside from some small glimmers of the experience that revealed an inky blue place. There, a woman sang to her far in the distance, she walked through buildings with Corinthian columns, and saw hybrid beasts. It sounded to me like a wish, or a memory.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “Sometimes, the way I process life’s challenges is through making art, and (with Ivy’s permission), I was inspired to make Inky Blue as a means to digest our family experience, Ivy’s experience.”⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Hear from all five choreographers commissioned for the NYCI 2023 Fall Session and watch their works filmed by @qwharton at the #linkinbio .⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Photo: Nina Westervelt (@vnina )⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @fostergroupdanceart #sarahfostersproull @nychoreographicinstitute #nyci #ballet #dance #choreography #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

FROM THE NYCI // “The experience at the Institute revealed to me what I want to make and more importantly, what I don’t want to create,” former Principal Dancer Harrison Ball shared on the process of creating Aliens With Extraordinary Abilities for the New York Choreographic Institute 2023 Fall Session. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ “Of course, I am hoping that this will usher more opportunities, so I can continue to hone my voice and do what I love. Working in this context with NYCB, the dancers, my friends and colleagues, was the catharsis I needed to fully move into my next phase of life.”⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Hear from all five choreographers commissioned for the NYCI 2023 Fall Session and watch their works filmed by @qwharton at the #linkinbio .⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Photo: Nina Westervelt (@vnina )⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @__harrisonball__ #harrisonball @alexamax #alexamaxwell @charlieklesa #charlieklesa @nychoreographicinstitute #nyci #ballet #dance #choreography #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

IN THE NEWS // In @nytimes dance critic Gia Kourlas' recent piece on Principal Dancer Mira Nadon, Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan commented, “To watch her grow – and it’s not been very long – has been tremendous. It’s fast and big and just blossoming.”⁠ ⁠ Head to the #linkinbio to hear from a number of Nadon's mentors about the unique qualities that have contributed to her swift rise.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times (@_sabrinasantiago )⁠ ⁠ @mira_nadon #miranadon @giadk #giakourlas @wendyw #wendywhelan #newyorktimes #nytimes #ballet #ballerina #pointeshoes #dance #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

IN THE NEWS // “My favorite part of the job is just going out onstage and seeing what happens,” Principal Dancer Mira Nadon said during a recent interview with @nytimes dance critic Gia Kourlas. “It’s almost like I’m surprised by what my body does. I’m finding out what’s going to happen at the same time as the audience.”⁠ ⁠ In the feature at the #linkinbio , Nadon reflects on a particularly fruitful 75th Anniversary Season along with her journey to the ranks of New York City Ballet.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times (@_sabrinasantiago )⁠ ⁠ @mira_nadon #miranadon @giadk #giakourlas #newyorktimes #nytimes #ballet #ballerina #pointeshoes #dance #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

IN THE NEWS // Before coming to New York to study at the School of American Ballet, where she would eventually give what many considered a breakout performance in George Balanchine's Scotch Symphony during her capstone Workshop, Principal Dancer Mira Nadon had been honing her formidable stage presence at Inland Pacific Ballet Academy in Montclair, CA.⁠ ⁠ “I think it was really beneficial growing up to not be scared onstage," she says in her recent @nytimes feature.⁠ ⁠ Read the piece by Times dance critic Gia Kourlas at the #linkinbio .⁠ ⁠ Photo: Sabrina Santiago for The New York Times (@_sabrinasantiago )⁠ ⁠ @mira_nadon #miranadon @giadk #giakourlas @inlandpacificballet #newyorktimes #nytimes #ballet #ballerina #pointeshoes #dance #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

MIDSUMMER // "As imagination bodies forth⁠ The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen⁠ Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing⁠ A local habitation and a name.”⁠ ⁠ Like William Shakespeare spinning the enduring tale of A Midsummer Night's Dream out of whimsical reverie, George Balanchine made visible Mendelsson's lush overture and incidental music, composed two and a half centuries before our co-founder produced the very first balletic envisioning of this comedy.⁠ ⁠ Join us in concluding our 75th Anniversary Season with a touch of magic during A Midsummer Night's Dream, onstage May 28–June 2. Reserve tickets while they last at the #linkinbio .⁠ ⁠ Photo: Erin Baiano (@erinbaiano )⁠ ⁠ #nycb75th #midsummer #midsumernightsdram #balanchine #mendelssohn #shakespeare #ballet #dance #pointeshoes #ballerina #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

MIDSUMMER // “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: and therefore is love said to be a child, because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”⁠ ⁠ Beginning in two weeks, we invite audiences to join Cupid in surrendering to flights of fancy during George Balanchine's magical envisioning of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Enchanted lovers, mischievous fairies, and more await on the other side of the golden curtain from May 28–June 2. Secure tickets while they are available at the #linkinbio .⁠ ⁠ Photo: Erin Baiano (@erinbaiano )⁠ ⁠ #nycb75th @dpulbricht #danielulbricht @unityphelan #unityphelan @chunner #chunwaichan #midsummer #midsummernightsdream #balanchine #mendelssohn #shakespeare #ballet #dance #pointeshoes #ballerina #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet

MIDSUMMER // “Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.”⁠ ⁠ When the curtain descends on the triumphant final wedding scene of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, audiences may share in Demetrius' waking incredulity. Join us May 28–June 2 to experience the timeless and enchanting Shakespearean tale and the conclusion of our 75th Anniversary Season.⁠ ⁠ Reserve seats while they last at the #linkinbio .⁠ ⁠ Photo: Erin Baiano (@erinbaiano )⁠ ⁠ #nycb75th @christinaclarkk #christinaclark @malorielundgren #malorielundgren @naomicorti #naomicorti #midsummer #midsummernightsdream #balanchine #mendelssohn #shakespeare #ballet #dance #pointeshoes #ballerina #nycb #nycballet #newyorkcityballet