Fisher Center
American Ballet Theatre: Three World Premieres
October 2–4, 2009
Tickets: $25, 40, 55
"One of the most beautiful sights in dance
is American Ballet Theatre in full flight."
—Clive Barnes, New York Post
is American Ballet Theatre in full flight."
—Clive Barnes, New York Post
American Ballet Theatre returns to the Fisher Center for its second annual weekend on the stage of the Sosnoff Theater. The acclaimed ABT dancers perform world premieres by three visionary choreographers, plus two classic ballets from ABT’s repertoire, to live music.
Special pre-performance talk:
Saturday, October 3 at 7 pm
Kevin McKenzie, ABT’s artistic director
Three World Premieres
One of Three
choreographed by Aszure Barton
Music by Maurice Ravel
Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once
choreographed by Benjamin Millepied
Music by David Lang
Seven Sonatas
choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, ABT Artist in Residence
Music by Domenico Scarlatti
plus (alternating performances; see performance schedule)
Jerome Robbins’s Other Dances (1976)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
and
Clark Tippett’s Some Assembly Required (1989)
Music by William Bolcom
Performance schedule
Friday, October 2 at 8 pm
Ratmansky’s Seven Sonatas (World Premiere)
Barton’s One of Three (World Premiere)
Robbins’s Other Dances
Millepied’s Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once (World Premiere)
Saturday, October 3 at 2 pm
Ratmansky’s Seven Sonatas
Barton’s One of Three
Tippet’s Some Assembly Required
Millepied’s Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once
Saturday, October 3 at 7 pm
Pre-performance talk by Kevin McKenzie, ABT artistic director
Saturday, October 3 at 8 pm
Ratmansky’s Seven Sonatas
Barton’s One of Three
Tippet’s Some Assembly Required
Millepied’s Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once
Sunday, October 4 at 3 pm
Ratmansky’s Seven Sonatas
Barton’s One of Three
Robbins’s Other Dances
Millepied’s Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once
American Ballet Theatre’s performances at the Fisher Center are generously underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation.