The New York City Ballet writes:
A Robbins favorite and a Robbins rarity lead this program. Fancy Free, the first ballet he choreographed, instantly establishing him as a major talent in 1944, has remained a durable classic with its charming comic tale of three sailors on leave happily carousing in New York. By contrast, Rondo, from 1980, is a little-seen ballet made for two female dancers that features a winsome combination of classical steps and folk and popular dance idioms. Also on the bill are Justin Peck’s Solo, which mad ...