The Orchestra Now
Spring Benefit: TŌN + ABT Studio Company
February 28 – March 1
The Orchestra Now
February 28 – March 1
Charles Barker conductor
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Two of New York’s finest artistic training programs join forces as the talented graduate musicians of TŌN welcome the exceptional dancers of American Ballet Theatre Studio Company to the Fisher Center at Bard. Enjoy works by George Balanchine, Kevin McKenzie, Gerald Arpino, and others set to music by Verdi, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and more performed live by a full symphony orchestra.
All proceeds support TŌN’s innovative graduate program that is training the next generation of music professionals to become creative ambassadors for classical music, offering students a full-tuition fellowship and stipend.
Tarantella
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music: Grand Tarantella for Piano and Orchestra by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay
Crimson Flame
Choreography by Madison Brown
Music: String Quartet No. 2, Company, mvt. IV by Philip Glass
Commissioned by ABT Studio Company
Birthday Variations (Pas de Deux)
Choreography by Gerald Arpino
Music by Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Jonathan McPhee
Night Falls
Choreography by Brady Farrar
Music: Nocturne No. 19 by Frederic Chopin
Commissioned by ABT Studio Company
Swan Lake Act III Pas de Deux
Choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Human
Choreography by Yannick Lebrun
Music: Ngwa by Blick Bassy
U Don’t Know Me
Choreography by Houston Thomas
Music: Fratres by Avro Pärt
Commissioned by ABT Studio Company
ABT Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, is made up of 12-18 rising stars of the ballet world between the ages of 17 and 21. ABT Studio Company prepares these outstanding young dancers, who hail from all over the globe, to enter American Ballet Theatre or other leading ballet companies worldwide. Nearly 80% of current dancers in American Ballet Theatre are alumni of ABT Studio Company, including 8 Soloists and 14 Principal Dancers-among them Misty Copeland, Isabella Boylston, and Calvin Royal III.
ABT Studio Company dancers perform masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons alongside contemporary works. The group commissions a wide variety of choreographers to create new, custom ballets on the dancers each season, with a special focus on female choreographers.
The highly mobile ABT Studio Company serves as an ambassador for American Ballet Theatre by touring to venues large and small. In recent years, ABT Studio Company has performed in such international cities as London, Athens, Manila, Hong Kong, and St. Petersburg, and in a wide variety of US performing arts centers, college campuses, festivals, and galas.
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Eat & StayBard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 60 Manor Avenue, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.9 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.5 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
Sosnoff Theater
Accessible Seating
Wheelchair-accessible seating is available in all seating areas for patrons in wheelchairs and their companions. There is an elevator to all levels of the Sosnoff Theater and a wheelchair lift is used to access front-row wheelchair seating.
Wheelchair-Accessible Restrooms
Restrooms at all locations are wheelchair accessible. Single-use restrooms are available at most locations.
All-Gender Restrooms
Bard College and the Fisher Center support guests of any gender identity/expression in using the restroom of their choice. Additionally, all-gender restrooms are available at all venues.
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