FEATURING TROY’S FIRST BALLET FOR THE MARTHA GRAHAM COMPANY!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Comprising the “most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see” (The Washington Post), Martha Graham Dance Company performs the iconic dance maker’s most celebrated work, Appalachian Spring, in concert with a Peak Performances commission, The Auditions by choreographer Troy Schumacher and composer Augusta Read Thomas. This new work has been designed to resonate with Graham’s classic, which turns 75 this year. “America’s foremost new-music group” (Alex Ross), the International Contemporary Ensemble joins the Graham Company for these world-class renditions of new music by Thomas and the original Pulitzer Prize–winning score for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

FEATURING TROY’S FIRST BALLET FOR THE MARTHA GRAHAM COMPANY!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Comprising the “most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see” (The Washington Post), Martha Graham Dance Company performs the iconic dance maker’s most celebrated work, Appalachian Spring, in concert with a Peak Performances commission, The Auditions by choreographer Troy Schumacher and composer Augusta Read Thomas. This new work has been designed to resonate with Graham’s classic, which turns 75 this year. “America’s foremost new-music group” (Alex Ross), the International Contemporary Ensemble joins the Graham Company for these world-class renditions of new music by Thomas and the original Pulitzer Prize–winning score for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

FEATURING TROY’S FIRST BALLET FOR THE MARTHA GRAHAM COMPANY!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Comprising the “most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see” (The Washington Post), Martha Graham Dance Company performs the iconic dance maker’s most celebrated work, Appalachian Spring, in concert with a Peak Performances commission, The Auditions by choreographer Troy Schumacher and composer Augusta Read Thomas. This new work has been designed to resonate with Graham’s classic, which turns 75 this year. “America’s foremost new-music group” (Alex Ross), the International Contemporary Ensemble joins the Graham Company for these world-class renditions of new music by Thomas and the original Pulitzer Prize–winning score for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

FEATURING TROY’S FIRST BALLET FOR THE MARTHA GRAHAM COMPANY!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Comprising the “most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see” (The Washington Post), Martha Graham Dance Company performs the iconic dance maker’s most celebrated work, Appalachian Spring, in concert with a Peak Performances commission, The Auditions by choreographer Troy Schumacher and composer Augusta Read Thomas. This new work has been designed to resonate with Graham’s classic, which turns 75 this year. “America’s foremost new-music group” (Alex Ross), the International Contemporary Ensemble joins the Graham Company for these world-class renditions of new music by Thomas and the original Pulitzer Prize–winning score for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TROY’S LATEST WORK, FARAWAY, AND AN EXCERPT FROM TRANSLATION

ABOUT FARAWAY

Two acclaimed arts collectives, BalletCollective and The Knights, join forces to present new ballets and existing repertory created by artists at the vanguard of their forms. For four performances only, experience these artists' creations up-close in one of NYC's newest and most exciting dance venues, GK Arts Center in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Titled “Faraway,” this season’s collective includes the work of artist Zaria Forman’s NASA commissioned flights over the Arctic and Antarctic, Trevor Paglen’s exploration into machine learning, photojournalist George Steinmetz’s paragliding through the world’s deserts, and science fiction author Ken Liu’s meditation on the awareness of the human experience of “now.”

On the program is an accomplished roster of collaborators, including performances by 24 members of The Knights, 8 dancers from New York City Ballet, and world premieres from composers Judd Greensteinand Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Moravec collaborating with choreographers Preston Chamblee and BalletCollective Artistic Director Troy Schumacher and , who is the recipient of BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers.

Additional contributions come from existing repertory contributed by choreographer Gabrielle Lamb and composers Julianna Barwick,Caleb Burhans, Christina Courtin & Alex Sopp, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TROY’S LATEST WORK, FARAWAY, AND AN EXCERPT FROM TRANSLATION

ABOUT FARAWAY

Two acclaimed arts collectives, BalletCollective and The Knights, join forces to present new ballets and existing repertory created by artists at the vanguard of their forms. For four performances only, experience these artists' creations up-close in one of NYC's newest and most exciting dance venues, GK Arts Center in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Titled “Faraway,” this season’s collective includes the work of artist Zaria Forman’s NASA commissioned flights over the Arctic and Antarctic, Trevor Paglen’s exploration into machine learning, photojournalist George Steinmetz’s paragliding through the world’s deserts, and science fiction author Ken Liu’s meditation on the awareness of the human experience of “now.”

On the program is an accomplished roster of collaborators, including performances by 24 members of The Knights, 8 dancers from New York City Ballet, and world premieres from composers Judd Greensteinand Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Moravec collaborating with choreographers Preston Chamblee and BalletCollective Artistic Director Troy Schumacher and , who is the recipient of BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers.

Additional contributions come from existing repertory contributed by choreographer Gabrielle Lamb and composers Julianna Barwick,Caleb Burhans, Christina Courtin & Alex Sopp, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TROY’S LATEST WORK, FARAWAY, AND AN EXCERPT FROM TRANSLATION

ABOUT FARAWAY

Two acclaimed arts collectives, BalletCollective and The Knights, join forces to present new ballets and existing repertory created by artists at the vanguard of their forms. For four performances only, experience these artists' creations up-close in one of NYC's newest and most exciting dance venues, GK Arts Center in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Titled “Faraway,” this season’s collective includes the work of artist Zaria Forman’s NASA commissioned flights over the Arctic and Antarctic, Trevor Paglen’s exploration into machine learning, photojournalist George Steinmetz’s paragliding through the world’s deserts, and science fiction author Ken Liu’s meditation on the awareness of the human experience of “now.”

On the program is an accomplished roster of collaborators, including performances by 24 members of The Knights, 8 dancers from New York City Ballet, and world premieres from composers Judd Greensteinand Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Moravec collaborating with choreographers Preston Chamblee and BalletCollective Artistic Director Troy Schumacher and , who is the recipient of BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers.

Additional contributions come from existing repertory contributed by choreographer Gabrielle Lamb and composers Julianna Barwick,Caleb Burhans, Christina Courtin & Alex Sopp, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TROY’S LATEST WORK, FARAWAY, AND AN EXCERPT FROM TRANSLATION

ABOUT FARAWAY

Two acclaimed arts collectives, BalletCollective and The Knights, join forces to present new ballets and existing repertory created by artists at the vanguard of their forms. For four performances only, experience these artists' creations up-close in one of NYC's newest and most exciting dance venues, GK Arts Center in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Titled “Faraway,” this season’s collective includes the work of artist Zaria Forman’s NASA commissioned flights over the Arctic and Antarctic, Trevor Paglen’s exploration into machine learning, photojournalist George Steinmetz’s paragliding through the world’s deserts, and science fiction author Ken Liu’s meditation on the awareness of the human experience of “now.”

On the program is an accomplished roster of collaborators, including performances by 24 members of The Knights, 8 dancers from New York City Ballet, and world premieres from composers Judd Greensteinand Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Moravec collaborating with choreographers Preston Chamblee and BalletCollective Artistic Director Troy Schumacher and , who is the recipient of BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers.

Additional contributions come from existing repertory contributed by choreographer Gabrielle Lamb and composers Julianna Barwick,Caleb Burhans, Christina Courtin & Alex Sopp, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Unique dance from a range of styles returns to the heart of the Hudson Valley when contemporary, modern and ballet performances join the lineup of this year's Hudson Valley Dance Festival on Saturday, October 6, 2018. This day of enchanting dance in Catskill, NY, is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The lineup for the festival's sixth edition includes performances by contemporary companies Bryn Cohn + Artists and Doug Varone and Dancers, and modern dance legend Paul Taylor Dance Company, as well as choreography by Marcus McGregor, Ray Mercer and Troy Schumacher. Additional performers will be announced after Labor Day. Performances are subject to change.

Tickets are available at DRADance.org

The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third thrilling work for New York City Ballet features a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the recent chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley. An ensemble work for fourteen dancers, all members of NYCB's esteemed corps de ballet, there are no leads, only community. The title comes from the phrase "Whatever the wind may bring," and serves as a sort of mantra: Whatever we are dealing with, whether it be chaos, disaster, joy, or hope, The Wind Still Brings and we have to face it together.

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The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third thrilling work for New York City Ballet features a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the recent chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley. An ensemble work for fourteen dancers, all members of NYCB's esteemed corps de ballet, there are no leads, only community. The title comes from the phrase "Whatever the wind may bring," and serves as a sort of mantra: Whatever we are dealing with, whether it be chaos, disaster, joy, or hope, The Wind Still Brings and we have to face it together.

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The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third thrilling work for New York City Ballet features a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the recent chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley. An ensemble work for fourteen dancers, all members of NYCB's esteemed corps de ballet, there are no leads, only community. The title comes from the phrase "Whatever the wind may bring," and serves as a sort of mantra: Whatever we are dealing with, whether it be chaos, disaster, joy, or hope, The Wind Still Brings and we have to face it together.

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This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time, alongside two returning duets by Schumacher from the BalletCollective repertory. 

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This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time, alongside two returning duets by Schumacher from the BalletCollective repertory. 

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This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time, alongside two returning duets by Schumacher from the BalletCollective repertory. 

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The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third work for New York City Ballet premieres this fall featuring a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley.  

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The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third work for New York City Ballet premieres this fall featuring a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley.  

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