Lighting Designer

The first ballet created for the Company by Principal Dancer Tiler Peck, Concerto for Two Pianos, named after the melodic Poulenc score, delighted audiences at its premiere in the winter of 2024 with its sweeping energy and effortless elegance. The dance returns accompanied by two pieces new to the repertory, notably comprising NYCB’s first program of ballets all choreographed by women. Signs was created by Gianna Reisen for the School of American Ballet’s annual Workshop Performances in 2022 to selections of music from Philip Glass.

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Contemporary Choreography

Lincoln Center

The 2024 Fall Fashion Gala continues to pair couture with contemporary choreography: a world premiere from Caili Quan marking her debut work for NYCB, a Company premiere by Gianna Reisen originally made for the School of American Ballet in 2022, and Tiler Peck’s acclaimed Winter 2024 creation Concerto for Two Pianos.

Fall Fashion Gala

The annual program celebrating Balanchine’s birthday traditionally features a world premiere, in this case the 25th dance from Resident Choreographer and Artistic Advisor Justin Peck, for which Dan Deacon will be providing a commissioned score. The program opens with Christopher Wheeldon’s From You Within Me, set to Arnold Schoenberg’s early work Verkläkte Nacht, featuring a cast of a dozen dancers and painter Kylie Manning’s atmospheric drops at the front and back of the stage. Balanchine is represented by one of his most strikingly enigmatic works, Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir, a pas de deux for a woman swathed in a huge, billowing skirt, personifying the “door” of the title, and a man as the “sigh,” illustrating the otherworldly Pierre Henry score.

Brandon Stirling Baker

Lighting Designer

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2025

New Combinations · New York City Ballet

Past events

11 - 12 Oct, 2024

Contemporary Choreography · New York City Ballet

Oct 9, 2024

Fall Fashion Gala · New York City Ballet

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