Balanchine and More
City Ballet continues its commitment of presenting works choreographed by the great George Balanchine, plus, this season works by additional renown choreographers are also included in a ballet lovers program.Balanchine and More includes the Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Who Cares?, Hallelujah Junction, and Le Cosaire Pas de Deux. Walpurgisnacht Ballet comes from a scene in Gounod’s Faust, occurring at the beginning of the opera’s last act depicting the traditional celebration when the souls of the dead are released to wander at will. In his delightful ballet Who Cares?, Balanchine used songs by Georg Gershwin to create a uniquely American experience and more specifically evocative of New York City. Hallelujah Junction is like a living locomotive of energy and innovation. The Le Cosaire Pas de Deux is the essence of Russian ballet.