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Ballet Festival

"UNITE"
Tue Aug 13 - Sun Aug 18

Program Schedule and Casting

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 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.

Digital Program

Special Performances

Curtain Chat: Wed, Aug 14

Family Matinee: Sat, Aug 17

 

Run Time: One hour and 45 minutes with one intermission

Mark Mann
Mark Mann
Quinn Wharton

Program

Tue Aug 13 at 7:30pm
Thu Aug 15 at 8pm
Sat Aug 17 at 8pm
Sun Aug 18 at 2pm

Run Time: One hour and 45 minutes including one intermission

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)
World Premiere
Cast: Aleisha Walker
Kobi Malkin (violin)

Rozzi Suite (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

Epilogue Pas De Deux (Alonzo King)
Cast: Adji Cissoko, Shuaib Elhassan

Petalwing (Adriana Pierce/David K. Israel)
World Premiere
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
 

Run Time: One hour and 45 minutes including one intermission

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)
World Premiere
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)

Turning to the Light (Zhongjing Fang/Ezio Bosso)
World Premiere
Cast: Luigi Crispino

Dreamachine, Electric Eel (excerpt) (Lauren Lovette/Michael Daugherty)
Cast: Jessica Ferretti, 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

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 and Steve Pesner and Setpheap (“Peace”) San. 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 (3), Cheryl Bergenfeld, Susan J. Campbell, Donna B. Case, Leslie & Richard Curtis, Linda & Martin Fell, Suzanne Hall & Valentino Carlotti, Elizabeth Anne Hartman, Judith M. Hoffman, Rosanne Leshner, Andrew Martin-Weber, Virginia & Timothy Millhiser, Frances Morrissey, Linda & Edward Morse, Ellen Rosen, Karen M. Roth, Fran Schulman, Robert A. Schulman, Carol & Jesse Schwartz, Irene Shen, Barbara Madsen Smith, and Johanna Weber.

Jacek Mysinski’s piano performances in UNITE are graciously underwritten by Suzanne Hall and Valentino Carlotti.