Ballet Festival - UNITE
The Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival returns this summer with UNITE, a one-week celebration of the long bright line of ballet. Creatively directed and co-produced by Calvin Royal III, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, this year's festival brings together a global community of distinguished artists from nine esteemed companies across five continents, spanning four generations, a beautiful array of ethnicities all to share and celebrate our collective humanity through dance.
UNITE also connects the arc of ballet with the best of its present and future artists and master choreographers with works by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine, and Angelin Preljocaj and a selection of contemporary, New York and world-premiere works. Adding to the festival's allure, Royal debuts a self-choreographed solo alongside creations by fellow dancers of American Ballet Theatre, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Boston Ballet, and more.
“As The Joyce represents ultimate artistry and dance legacy, it is important to me that the Festival evenings, taken together, honor the past; reflect the present; and extend to the future of what our art form can be,” says Royal.
Program
Tue Aug 13 at 7:30pm, Thu Aug 15 at 8pm, Sat Aug 17 at 8pm, Sun Aug 18 at 2pm
Apollo Solo and Pas de Deux (George Balanchine/Igor Stravinsky)
Cast: Chyrstyn Fentroy, Calvin Royal III
Jacek Mysinski (piano;) Kobi Malkin (violin)
Night Pieces (Duncan Lyle/Robert Schuman)
Cast: Kyra Coco, Ingrid Thoms, Duncan MacIlwain, Tristan Brosnan
Jacek Mysinski (piano)
Impatiens (Aleisha Walker/Nathan Milstein)
Cast: Aleisha Walker
Kobi Malkin (violin)
Suite of Dances with Rozzi (James Whiteside/Rozzi)
Cast: Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside
Jacek Mysinski (piano); Rozzi (vocals)
Moonlight (Calvin Royal III/Claude Debussy)
Cast: Calvin Royal III
Jacek Mysinski (piano)
Manon Bedroom Pas de Deux (Sir Kenneth MacMillan/Jules Massenet)
Cast: Sae Eun Park, Paul Marque
Excerpts from Flight (Jae Man Joo/Johann Sebastian Bach)
Cast: Herman Cornejo
Scheherazade Pas de Deux (Alonzo King/Zakir Hussain)
Cast: Adji Cissoko, Shuaib Elhassan
Untitled World Premiere Work (Adriana Pierce/David K. Israel)
Cast: Ingrid Thoms, Kyra Coco
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine/Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Cast: Chloe Misseldine, Calvin Royal III
Wed Aug 14 at 7:30pm, Fri Aug 16 at 8pm; Sat Aug 17 at 2pm, Sun Aug 18 at 7:30pm
Pas de Quatre (Victor Trevino after Jules Perrot/Cesare Pugni)
Cast: Jonathan Mendez, Walter Battistini, Estefano Gil, Kevin Ortiz Lemus (Dancers of Ballet Eloelle Grandiva)
Catch/Release (My’Kal Stromile/Jerrilyn Patton)
Cast: Tyson Ali Clark, Chyrstyn Fentroy
Excerpt from Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Cast: Sae Eun Park, Paul Marque
Griot (Adji Cissoko/Youba Cissokho)
Cast: Adji Cissoko
Youba Cissokho (kora)
Romeo & Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux (Sir Kenneth MacMillan/Sergei Prokofiev)
Cast: Isabella Boylston, Calvin Royal III
Jacek Mysinski (piano); Kobi Malkin (violin)
Untitled World Premiere Work (Zhongjing Fang/Ezio Bosso)
Cast: Luigi Crispino
Dreamachine, Electric Eel (excerpt) (Lauren Lovette/Michael Daugherty)
Cast: Jessica Feretti, Kenny Corrigan
Valse Masquerade (Brady Farrar/Eric Christian von Fricken)
Cast: Crystal Huang
Jacek Mysinski (piano)
Touché (Christopher Rudd/Woodkid & Ennio Morricone)
Cast: Calvin Royal III, João Menegussi
*Casting and repertoire for each performance is subject to change
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Funding Credits
Lead support for The Joyce’s Ballet Festival provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation. Lead underwriting support for The Joyce’s presentation of the Ballet Festival provided by Michèle & Steve Pesner and Peace. Underwriting support for The Joyce’s presentation of the Ballet Festival provided by Rick & Nurit Amdur.
Key support for Joyce Theater Productions is generously provided by the Monica B. Voldstad Fund for New Work.
Creation support has been generously provided by the Leadership for UNITE:
Lead Production Sponsor: Sharon L. Patrick
Anonymous, Susan J Campbell, Leslie & Richard Curtis, Linda & Martin Fell, Elizabeth Anne Hartman, Judith M. Hoffman, Andrew Martin-Weber, Frances Morrissey, Linda & Edward Morse, Ellen Rosen, Robert A. Schulman, Carol & Jesse Schwartz, and Irene Shen.