Fall Gala and World Premieres

American Ballet Theatre’s Fall season will open with a Gala performance on Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30 PM. Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises® will be the Fall Gala honoree. The evening will feature a performance by students of the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the World Premiere of a new work by Twyla Tharp, Jessica Lang’s Let Me Sing Forevermore and George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.

The new Tharp work, created for Herman Cornejo and ABT Company members, will be given its World Premiere at the opening night gala.T harp’s new ballet, her 17th for ABT, will be set to String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 by Johannes Brahms. The work will be given five performances during the season.

A World Premiere work by ABT corps de ballet member Gemma Bond is scheduled for Wednesday evening, October 23. It is set to Benjamin Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes for orchestra. The new work will be given three performances during the Fall season.

New American Romance, choreographed by American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer James Whiteside, will receive its New York Premiere on October 23. Set to Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy, New American Romance is Whiteside’s first work for ABTand it will be given three performances.

The New York Premiere of Jessica Lang’s Let Me Sing Forevermore is set to a medley of songs recorded by Tony Bennett.

Revivals

The 2019 Fall season will feature revivals of George Balanchine’s Apollo and Clark Tippet’s Some Assembly Required.

Apollo, set to music by Igor Stravinsky, will have its Revival Premiere on Friday evening, October 18. The ballet was given its world premiere by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on June 12, 1928.

Clark Tippet’s Some Assembly Required will be revived for the 2019 Fall season for four performances beginning Friday evening, October 18. Set to William Bolcom’s Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, the ballet features costumes by Gary Lisz and original lighting by Jennifer Tipton.

Returning Repertory

Theme and Variations, created by George Balanchine for Ballet Theatre in 1947, will be given five performances beginning October 16. Set to music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Theme and Variations has costumes and scenery by Zack Brown.

Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasons returns for three performances beginning Thursday, October 17. Set to The Seasons by Alexander Glazunov, the ballet features costumes by Robert Perdziola and lighting by Mark Stanley.

Jessica Lang’s Garden Blue will be given three performances beginning Wednesday, October 23. The ballet is set to music by Antonín Dvořák, with scenery and costumes by Sarah Crowner and lighting by Nicole Pearce.

Twyla Tharp’s Deuce Coupe will be given five performances during the Fall season beginning Friday, October 18. Set to music by The Beach Boys, Deuce Coupe features scenery and costumes by Santo Loquasto, after original costume design by Scott Barrie and original scenics by United Graffiti Artists, and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.

Family Friendly Matinee

A special matinee on Saturday, October 26 will feature family friendly programming including ABT Studio Company in Interchangeble Text by Gemma Bond and season works by George Balanchine, Jessica Lang and Twyla Tharp. Children (ages 6-18) receive a 50% discount off tickets with the purchase of a full-priced adult ticket.

Tickets for ABT’s 2019 Fall season at the David H. Koch Theater are available online, at the Koch Theatre box office or by phone at 212-496-0600. Performance-only tickets for the Opening Night Gala begin at $35. The David H. Koch Theater is located at Lincoln Center, in New York City. For more information, please visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org.

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