Dale Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 For Immediate Release - December 15, 2005 NEW YORK CITY BALLET’S 2006 SPRING SEASON TO FEATURE SEVEN WORLD PREMIERE BALLETS AS PART OF THE DIAMOND PROJECT FESTIVAL New Ballets to Be Created by Mauro Bigonzetti, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Jorma Elo, Eliot Feld, Peter Martins, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon New York City Ballet will present its sixth Diamond Project festival during the 2006 spring repertory season. The season will open on Tuesday, April 25, and continue through Sunday, June 25, at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. For this Diamond Project festival, seven choreographers will create new works for New York City Ballet. Two of the choreographers will be working with the Company for the first time. In addition to the Diamond Project premieres, the 2006 spring season will include more than 30 ballets from the NYCB repertory. The complete season schedule will be announced at a later date. The Diamond Project was conceived by NYCB Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins in 1992 as a festival for new choreography, and since then 47 works have been created by 26 different choreographers. Previous Diamond Project festivals have been held in 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2002. The name of the project was inspired by the late philanthropist Irene Diamond, who through her foundation has provided extraordinary support to NYCB for the development of new choreography. For this Diamond Project festival new ballets will be created by Mauro Bigonzetti, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Jorma Elo, Eliot Feld, Peter Martins, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher Wheeldon. This will mark the first time that Mr. Elo and Mr. Ratmansky have created ballets for NYCB, and the first time that Mr. Bonnefoux and Mr. Feld have participated in a Diamond Project festival. Spring season subscription tickets will go on sale on January 16 by mail, through the subscription office at 212-870-8730, and at www.nycballet.com. Single tickets will be available by mail and at www.nycballet.com beginning March 13, and at the New York State Theater box office and through Center Charge at 212-721-6500 beginning April 10. For more information on any New York City Ballet performance, call 212-870-5570, or visit www.nycballet.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 DIAMOND PROJECT WORLD PREMIERES Eliot Feld Ballet World Premiere: Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. Friday, May 12 at 8 p.m. Mr. Feld is the Artistic Director of Ballet Tech. This is his third work for NYCB. Mauro Bigonzetti Ballet World Premiere: Thursday, May 4 at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Bigonzetti is the Artistic Director of Italy’s Aterballetto. This is his second work for NYCB. Peter Martins Ballet World Premiere: Wednesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. (Spring Gala) Sunday, May 14 at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Friday, May 26 at 8 p.m. Mr. Martins is Ballet Master in Chief of New York City Ballet. Christopher Wheeldon Ballet World Premiere: Wednesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. (Spring Gala) Saturday, May 13 at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Wheeldon is the Resident Choreographer of New York City Ballet. Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Ballet World Premiere: Thursday, May 25 at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 27 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 2 at 8 p.m. Mr. Bonnefoux, a former NYCB principal dancer, is the Artistic Director of North Carolina Dance Theatre. This is his fourth work for NYCB. Alexei Ratmansky Ballet World Premiere: Thursday, June 8 at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 10 at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 11 at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Ratmansky is the Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet. This is his first work for NYCB. Jorma Elo Ballet World Premiere: Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22 at 8 p.m. Mr. Elo is the Resident Choreographer of the Boston Ballet. This is his first work for NYCB. The Diamond Project is made possible in part by a lead grant from The Irene Diamond Fund and with major support for new work from Movado. Generous support is also provided by members of NYCB’s New Combinations Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation, and the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund. The creation and performance of works by Peter Martins is funded in part by an endowment gift from the Solomon family, given in loving memory of Carolyn B. Solomon. Christopher Wheeldon’s work as Resident Choreographer is made possible by a major grant from the Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation. Works by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Alexei Ratmansky are supported in part through commissioning funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program. Major support for French programming is provided by The Florence Gould Foundation. Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Ratmansky again? Oh noooooo....... Link to comment
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