NYCB at SPAC 2019

[FPF]

The dates for NYCB's summer season at SPAC have been officially announced: July 16-20th (7 performances--past seasons have been Tues-Sat evening + Thurs/Sat matinees with the gala on Sat. evening). No news on rep yet.

Sources:  https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/SPAC-boost-first-time-visitors-for-classical-13299716.php

https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/10/11/spac-looking-for-more-collaborators-in-2019

https://www.saratogian.com/news/local-news/spac-board-celebrates-season-prepares-for/article_6681eadc-cd93-11e8-bd1d-e3b5e31c6a2a.html

[KarenAG]

Thanks, FPF. With all the problems associated with the lawsuit, I’m relieved the company will perform in its summer home; not feeling good about Elizebeth Sobol as manager. I’m sad there will be only 7 performances again. 

[FPF]

The Albany Times Union has posted that the NYCB will be performing Coppelia twice at SPAC next summer. No details on the specific dates or on the other 5 performances yet. 

https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Marsalis-Mozart-Coppelia-highlights-at-SPAC-13447745.php#item-85307-tbla-3

I love this production of Coppelia and haven't seen it for ~10 years. I hope there will be two different casts.

[FPF]

SPAC has now announced that there will actually be 3 performances of Coppelia: the evenings of July 18th and 19th, and the matinee on the 20th.

https://spac.org/calendar/calendar-of-events/?view=list&gen=2&mc_cid=5db66c137f&mc_eid=bee1c0630b

The rest of the season will be announced in 2019.

[kbarber]

1 hour ago, FPF said:

SPAC has now announced that there will actually be 3 performances of Coppelia: the evenings of July 18th and 19th, and the matinee on the 20th.

https://spac.org/calendar/calendar-of-events/?view=list&gen=2&mc_cid=5db66c137f&mc_eid=bee1c0630b

The rest of the season will be announced in 2019.

you used to be able to go to Saratoga on the Friday and see three different programs Fri nite, Sat aft, Sat nite. Since they have switched to scheduling like this, for me it is not worth the trip to Saratoga. Such a shame.

[FPF]

1 hour ago, kbarber said:

you used to be able to go to Saratoga on the Friday and see three different programs Fri nite, Sat aft, Sat nite. Since they have switched to scheduling like this, for me it is not worth the trip to Saratoga. Such a shame.

 I would consider going to more than one Coppelia, especially if there are different casts, but I'm local. My guess is that there will be at least one other program given twice,  a third program give once, and then the gala program, which usually has a new ballet(s) that is only performed that night. I think that they are trying to attract more unique attendees and getting people to come a second time, and are less interested in catering to more hardcore ballet fans.  SPAC Director Liz Sobel said that she wanted to bring more variety to the programming, but my sense is that she's only interested in music and not in dance so there seems to be both fewer performances and less variety. I don't think this is great marketing--Glimmerglass, for example, has a few summer weekends where you can see all four productions in one trip, which helps to make it a destination. 

[FPF]

On 12/10/2018 at 4:25 PM, kbarber said:

you used to be able to go to Saratoga on the Friday and see three different programs Fri nite, Sat aft, Sat nite. Since they have switched to scheduling like this, for me it is not worth the trip to Saratoga. Such a shame.

The SPAC box office was open for a few hours yesterday, so when I went to order my classical season pass, I also passed on your comment (anonymously) and suggested to that 3 different weekend programs would help SPAC to be a destination, not just for locals like me. They said they agreed and would pass it on to the management...I really don't expect any action, but maybe they will think about it.

[FPF]

The entire SPAC NYCB season has now been posted: https://spac.org/calendar/calendar-of-events/?view=list&gen=2

Tschiakovsky and Balanchine: Serenade, Mozartiana, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2: 7/16 at 8 pm; 7/18 at 2 pm

SPAC premieres by  21st Century Choreographers:  Varied Trio (in four) (Harrison/Frolich), New Peck (Stevens/Peck), The Runaway (Nico Muhly, Kanye West, Jay-Z, James Blake/Abraham); 7/17 at 8 pm

Coppelia (Delibes/Balanchine, Danilova): 7/18 and 7/19 at 8 pm, 7/20 at 2 pm

Gala: Apollo (Stravinsky/Balanchine), This Bitter Earth (Richter, Otis/Wheeldon), New Peck (Stevens/Peck); 7/20 at 8 pm