California Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I have a choose-your-own subscription with 6 performances this year. I can't see anything for next year. Are others in the same situation? Link to comment
abatt Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Here are Sept and Oct programs: Stravinsky program: Stravinsky Violin Concerto, M&M, Duo Concertant, Symphony in 3 Movements: 9/21, 9/24 at 2 PM, 9/29 and 10/8 at 8PM Balanchine Austria program: Divertimneto 15, Episodes, Vienna Waltzes 9/22 9/23, 9/24 at 8, and 9/25 Jewels: 9/28 9/30 10/1 at 2 PM and 10/2 21st Century Choreographers- Everywhere We Go plus unspecified additional ballets 9/27, 10/1 at 8, 10/5, 10/15 at 2 Glass Pieces, Thou Swell, Stars and Stripes 10/4 10/6 10/9 at 2 and 10/16 Serenade, Amer Rhapsody, Tschai pdd, Western Symphony 10/7 10/8 at 2 and 10/12 Dances at a Gathering and Firebird 10/11 10/14 10/14 and 10/15 at 8 (Amer Rhapsody is the new Wheeldon that will premiere two weeks from now.) (Edited by Abatt to add DAAG Firebird program info.) Sorry, no time to post info about the Winter and Spring right now. Link to comment
abatt Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Entire 16-17 season info now available on the NYCB website. Link to comment
mussel Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Here's the 16/17 season brochure: http://www.nycballet.com/NYCB/media/NYCBMediaLibrary/PDFs/16-17_NYCB-Season-Brochure.pdf Link to comment
sohalia Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Here's the 16/17 season brochure: http://www.nycballet.com/NYCB/media/NYCBMediaLibrary/PDFs/16-17_NYCB-Season-Brochure.pdf These black and white photographs are stunning. Link to comment
California Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Did they abandon Balanchine's birthday weekend? That used to be 3-4 different performances of several Balanchine ballets. This year that weekend looks like the same program Friday and Saturday and other choreographers on Sunday. It was snowed out in 2016, but I had hoped it would come back. They usually added nice extras, like a panel discussion between the matinee and evening. Link to comment
cobweb Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I don't know. I have some misgivings about the whole photo-shoot look of the brochure. It makes me wonder about the direction they're going in. It seems less about ballet, and more about appealing to some glamorous young crowd, who may have money, but are probably also likely to be more fickle about their interest. Link to comment
abatt Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Have they abandoned the program where they sell every seat in the house for $30 during certain dates (usually during the Winter season) to attract "new audiences". I don't see any info on it, but I didn't exactly do an exhaustive search either. Link to comment
Emma Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Have they abandoned the program where they sell every seat in the house for $30 during certain dates (usually during the Winter season) to attract "new audiences". I don't see any info on it, but I didn't exactly do an exhaustive search either. My subscriptions are available email says that subscription tickets can't be exchanged into 1/28, 2/3, or 2/23 so I'm assuming those are the Art Series dates. Link to comment
abatt Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yes, thanks for finding that info Emma. Link to comment
unicorngabby Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 http://dujour.com/culture/midsummer-nights-dream-nyc-ballet/ Link to comment
canbelto Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I'm puzzled by the repetitiveness of the Winter Season programming. So many Sleeping Beauties, and only a few mixed bills. I mean, the Allegro Brillante/Swan Lake/4T's mixed bill and Sonnambula/Prodigal Son/Firebird is good, but do we need it to see each of them a staggering 6 times? There are also 14 total performances of Sleeping Beauty. The spring season is a huge financial risk. 3 straight weeks of Peck/Ratmansky/Wheeldon/Martins/other new choreographers is IMO sorely testing the NYCB base audience's love for contemporary ballet. Link to comment
Emma Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I'm puzzled by the repetitiveness of the Winter Season programming. So many Sleeping Beauties, and only a few mixed bills. I mean, the Allegro Brillante/Swan Lake/4T's mixed bill and Sonnambula/Prodigal Son/Firebird is good, but do we need it to see each of them a staggering 6 times? There are also 14 total performances of Sleeping Beauty. The spring season is a huge financial risk. 3 straight weeks of Peck/Ratmansky/Wheeldon/Martins/other new choreographers is IMO sorely testing the NYCB base audience's love for contemporary ballet. Good points. I wonder if they're using winter season shows guaranteed to sell (swan lake, sleeping beauty, maybe firebird?) to hedge against the risker spring season. Link to comment
Kaysta Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I'm puzzled by the repetitiveness of the Winter Season programming. So many Sleeping Beauties, and only a few mixed bills. I mean, the Allegro Brillante/Swan Lake/4T's mixed bill and Sonnambula/Prodigal Son/Firebird is good, but do we need it to see each of them a staggering 6 times? There are also 14 total performances of Sleeping Beauty. The spring season is a huge financial risk. 3 straight weeks of Peck/Ratmansky/Wheeldon/Martins/other new choreographers is IMO sorely testing the NYCB base audience's love for contemporary ballet. I know they are repeating Jewels in the fall, but why only four performances? It sells out, so there is a demand to see it. I'd rather see a few more performances of Jewels sprinkled in and less Sleeping Beauty. Link to comment
cobweb Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I wonder who they're planning for Stars and Stripes. If memory serves last time for El Capitan it was Veyette and Tyler Angle. Anyone fill me in if I've forgotten someone. Surely they need someone new. Joseph Gordon perhaps? And for Liberty Bell, Ashly Isaacs? Link to comment
canbelto Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The role used to be a specialty of Ashley Bouder and if she's in shape I imagine it will go back to her. Link to comment
cobweb Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I hope she will be back up to it! I'm trying to remember who if anyone rotated in with Bouder. Link to comment
sohalia Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The role used to be a specialty of Ashley Bouder and if she's in shape I imagine it will go back to her. Considering she's still pirouetting away in company class at 9 months pregnant, I could see her getting back in shape in no time. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEG-dzzv_yB/?taken-by=ashleybouder https://www.instagram.com/p/BEgcvCNP_1_/?taken-by=ashleybouder Link to comment
Kathleen O'Connell Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I've seen both Teresa Reichlen and Sara Mearns as Liberty Bell and liked both of them in the role. Link to comment
Barbara Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'm glad the unfortunate illustrations from the 2015/16 brochure are gone!! Link to comment
tutu Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Considering she's still pirouetting away in company class at 9 months pregnant, I could see her getting back in shape in no time. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEG-dzzv_yB/?taken-by=ashleybouder https://www.instagram.com/p/BEgcvCNP_1_/?taken-by=ashleybouder WOW! Those are some incredible videos. Link to comment
sandik Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 The turning video reminds me in a way of 4 Temperaments -- that moment in sanguinic where he carefully positions her in passe with the standing leg bent, one arm in 1st and one above, and then turns her time after time, and our world spins a bit off kilter along with her. Link to comment
sohalia Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 WOW! Those are some incredible videos. And that's her latest one, literally 5 days before her due date! My mind is blown. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEq0_bQP_2Z/?taken-by=ashleybouder Link to comment
Swanilda8 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I'm going to be in New York next January through May, so I'm purchasing a choose your own subscription series. This is my first time ever buying a NYCB subscription - does anyone have any advice before I make the purchases? (i.e. does one get better tickets by calling them up or is it ok to do online, are there some categories of tickets that I should avoid, or is there something else I haven't even thought of yet?) Link to comment
its the mom Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I wonder who they're planning for Stars and Stripes. If memory serves last time for El Capitan it was Veyette and Tyler Angle. Anyone fill me in if I've forgotten someone. Surely they need someone new. Joseph Gordon perhaps? And for Liberty Bell, Ashly Isaacs? Gordon danced it at the Vail International Dance Festival last year. It wasn't the whole ballet, just the pas portion, but from pics, it looks as though he well-suited for the role. Link to comment
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