George Balanchine, who famously choreographed multiple ballets to composer Igor Stravinsky’s scores, once said: “I like Stravinsky's music. It is so strict, so solid. It never comes apart. You cannot improvise upon it. It's built like mathematics.” See three of his ballets set to Stravinsky's music: Apollo, Orpheus, and Agon (seen here) on the Stravinsky & Balanchine program, JAN 22, 24, 26 eve & FEB 1, 2 mat: nycballet.com/stravinsky | New York City Ballet
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George Balanchine, who famously choreographed multiple ballets to composer Igor Stravinsky’s scores, once said: “I like Stravinsky's music. It is so strict, so solid. It never comes
New York City Ballet. . George Balanchine, who famously choreographed multiple ballets to composer Igor Stravinsky’s scores, once said: “I like Stravinsky's music. It is so strict, so solid. It never comes apart. You cannot improvise upon it. It's built like mathematics.” See three of his ballets set to Stravinsky's music: Apollo, Orpheus ...
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Agon, named after the ancient Greek word for contest and struggle, is one of Balanchine’s most famed plotless neoclassical ballets. First staged in 1957, the ballet features a score by Igor Stravinsky and movements based on French court dances. Agon joins Apollo and Orpheus in the winter season’s Stravinsky & Balanchine Greek Trilogy program. For tickets and more information about our Winter performances, JAN 22 - MAR 3, visit nycballet.com/winter | New York City Ballet
Agon, named after the ancient Greek word for contest and struggle, is one of Balanchine’s most famed plotless neoclassical ballets. First staged in 1957, the ballet features a score by Igor Stravinsky and movements based on French court dances. Agon joins Apollo and Orpheus in the winter season’s Stravinsky & Balanchine Greek Trilogy program. For tickets and more information about our Winter performances, JAN 22 - MAR 3, visit nycballet.com/winter | New York City Ballet
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The ladies of Agon snapped about 30 seconds into this clip...literally. Don't miss the quintessential Balanchine leotard ballet this spring on the Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins III program: nycballet.com/balanchinerobbins2spring | New York City Ballet
The ladies of Agon snapped about 30 seconds into this clip...literally. Don't miss the quintessential Balanchine leotard ballet this spring on the Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins III program: nycballet.com/balanchinerobbins2spring | New York City Ballet
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4K views · 240 reactions | Horns blare on a twelve-tone scale during Agon's opening Pas de Quatre, signaling a new era in the histories of ballet and music alike. Experience this high point in Balanchine and Stravinsky's collaborative innovation on the Stravinsky Festival III program this spring: nycballet.com/stravinskyfestival3 | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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4K views · 240 reactions | Horns blare on a twelve-tone scale during Agon's opening Pas de Quatre, signaling a new era in the histories of ballet and music alike. Experience this high point in Balanchine and Stravinsky's collaborative innovation on the Stravinsky Festival III program this spring: nycballet.com/stravinskyfestival3 | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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24K views · 879 reactions | Agon, one of Balanchine's quintessential black and white ballets, closes out the Stravinsky & Balanchine program. On the opening night of our winter programming, Principal Dancers Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle pulled out the stops in their performance of the daring pas de deux from this abstract, plotless ballet. Catch Agon again on our Stravinsky & Balanchine program FEB 1 and FEB 2 mat: nycballet.com/stravinsky | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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Agon isn’t just a favorite for audience members and dancers, but a highlight for those who play the Stravinsky score. Ethan Silverman, New York City Ballet Orchestra’s Associate Bassoon, explains why Agon is the ballet he loves to perform the most in our winter repertory. “It is scored for a large orchestra, but mostly, at any given moment, there are only a few instruments playing, never everyone together. There are such strange and wonderful combinations of instruments. For example, a xylophone
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Agon isn’t just a favorite for audience members and dancers, but a highlight for those who play the Stravinsky score. Ethan Silverman, New York City Ballet Orchestra’s Associate Bassoon, explains why Agon is the ballet he loves to perform the most in our winter repertory. “It is scored for a large orchestra, but mostly, at any given moment, there are only a few instruments playing, never everyone together. There are such strange and wonderful combinations of instruments. For example, a xylophone
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SERENADE in the studios. 💙 Colorado Ballet performs this beautiful and iconic masterpiece by George Balanchine tomorrow at Vail Dance Festival. Details at https://vaildance.org/event/dance-for-2024/. 👈 📽: Artists of Colorado Ballet. SERENADE Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust | Colorado Ballet
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4K views · 240 reactions | Horns blare on a twelve-tone scale during Agon's opening Pas de Quatre, signaling a new era in the histories of ballet and music alike. Experience this high point in Balanchine and Stravinsky's collaborative innovation on the Stravinsky Festival III program this spring: nycballet.com/stravinskyfestival3 | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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24K views · 879 reactions | Agon, one of Balanchine's quintessential black and white ballets, closes out the Stravinsky & Balanchine program. On the opening night of our winter programming, Principal Dancers Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle pulled out the stops in their performance of the daring pas de deux from this abstract, plotless ballet. Catch Agon again on our Stravinsky & Balanchine program FEB 1 and FEB 2 mat: nycballet.com/stravinsky | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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16K views · 951 reactions | Dissonant harmony in black and white: The pas de deux from Balanchine's Agon as interpreted by Principal Dancers Adrian Danchig-Waring and Unity Phelan. See the seminal leotard ballet this fall on the All Balanchine II program beginning September 29: nycballet.com/balanchine2 | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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In talking through Agon's Gailliarde and Coda, Soloist Sara Adams illustrates how aesthetic restraint gives way to technical extremism in Balanchine's 1957 masterwork, which she says "could've been choreographed yesterday." Don't miss Agon this spring on the Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins III program: nycballet.com/balanchinerobbins3spring | New York City Ballet
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4K views · 160 reactions | Principal Dancer Anthony Huxley offers the audience a gracious nod upon concluding the Sarabande movement of George Balanchine's Agon during the opening of the Classic NYCB II program last Friday night. We're performing this seminal leotard ballet twice more this fall. Visit nycballet.com/classicnycb2 for tickets and information. | New York City Ballet | Facebook
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