The ballet – as our founder George Balanchine liked to say – only exists “right now.” While this powerful metaphor of art as a continuously unfolding present reminds us that dance is staged by living people before a live audience, it is also about the vibrant immediacy of dance and the joy that it affords.
Whatever a dance was yesterday or will become tomorrow, the opportunity to experience what it is right now is fleeting. This makes it all the more imperative we seize the moment. As we contemplate the performances ahead of us this season, we very much hope that you will join us. That you will seize the moment. Because “there is only now.”
Spring 2017 - Three full-length classics. 43 contemporary works from 22 choreographers, including Peck, Ratmansky, Wheeldon, and Martins. Eight world premieres. And almost 30 audience favorites from our Founding Choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
