New York City Center’s 2012-13 season will open on September 27 with the ninth annual Fall for Dance Festival, featuring 20 acclaimed international and U.S. dance companies and choreographers.
City Center will celebrate the 20th season of its acclaimed Tony Award-winning Encores! series on November 12 with a Gala benefit starring Raúl Esparza and Kelli O’Hara. The Encores! Anniversary Season will open on January 30, 2013, with Fiorello!, the show that launched the series in 1994, and will continue with It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman, followed by On Your Toes.
Last season’s acclaimed production of Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade will return for a limited, sevenperformance run, November 14–18. Cotton Club Parade, conceived by Jack Viertel, will once again be directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, with music direction by Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. The show will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center All Stars under the direction of Daryl Waters.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER ANNOUNCES 2012-13 SEASON • Encores! Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary • New York City Opera Returns to Its First Home • Cotton Club Parade Returns for a Limited Run • Raúl Esparza and Kelli O’Hara Star in Gala Benefit • Pacific Northwest Ballet Presents Two Programs • Fall for Dance Festival Opens September 27 • John Malkovich Stars as Giaocomo Casanova
NEW YORK CITY CENTER ANNOUNCES 2012-13 SEASON
FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL September 27 – October 13, 2012 Tickets on Sale September 9 New York City Center’s ninth annual Fall for Dance Festival has been expanded to 12 evenings of dance to meet the extraordinary ticket demand. The international festival will feature 20 acclaimed dance companies and choreographers in five unique programs. (Programs 1–3 will be performed twice; Programs 4 and 5 will be performed three times.) In keeping with its commitment to make dance affordable to everyone, all tickets will be $15. Tickets will go on sale Sunday, September 9 at 11 a.m. The 2012 Festival features 20 companies from all across the globe and will include performances by BalletBoyz from London, U.K.; Circa from Brisbane, Australia; Fang-Yi Sheu & Artists, based in Taipei, Taiwan; The Hong Kong Ballet from China; LDP-Laboratory Dance Project from Seoul, South Korea; María Pagés Compañia from Madrid, Spain; Moiseyev Dance Company from Moscow, Russia; Nan Jombang from West Sumatra, Indonesia; Nederlands Dans Theater from The Hague, the Netherlands; and Shantala Shivalingappa from Madras, India. Acclaimed American companies include Ballet West from Salt Lake City, Utah; Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā from Honolulu, Hawaii; Pacific Northwest Ballet from Seattle, Washington; and TU Dance from Saint Paul, Minnesota. New York companies and performers include American Ballet Theatre, Jared Grimes, Jodi Melnick, Juilliard Dance, Martha Graham Dance Company and Shen Wei Dance Arts (whose artistic director, Shen Wei, is a 2011-12 New York City Center Choreography Fellow). www.NYCityCenter.org
OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK October 7, 2012 Reservations begin September 27 City Center’s recent award-winning renovation by Ennead Architects has preserved the essential character of the landmark building while reinvigorating one of the City’s most venerable performing arts venues. The renovation of City Center, which was constructed as a Shriners Temple in 1923, retains the distinctive appeal of the original neo-Moorish design. As part of 10th Annual Open House New York Weekend, Architects from Ennead will be leading tours of the building on Sunday, October 7, hourly from noon–4 p.m. Tours are free and limited to 30 people. Advance reservations are required. Reservations can be made online at www.OHNY.org
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE October 16 – 20, 2012 Tickets on Sale July 23 American Ballet Theatre’s 2012 Fall season at City Center opens with a Gala benefit and continues with a world premiere by Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, a revival of José Limón’s The Moor’s Pavane and performances of Mark Morris’ Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room and Antony Tudor’s The Leaves Are Fading. Principal Dancers for the City Center engagement include Roberto Bolle, Herman Cornejo, Marcelo Gomes, Julie Kent, Veronika Part, Xiomara Reyes, Polina Semionova and Cory Stearns. www.abt.org
LOUIS CK Oct 22 – 28, 2012 Tickets on Sale Now Emmy and Grammy Award–winning comedian Louis C.K. – creator, executive producer, director, editor, and star of FX Network’s critically acclaimed series “Louie” – will perform a special engagement at New York City Center.
Rolex presents A DANCE VARIETY SPECTACULAR CAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS November 5, 2012 Tickets on Sale Now Liza Minnelli, one of the entertainment world’s most beloved performers, will be honored with the 2012 ROLEX Dance Award. Hosted by Angela Lansbury, five-time Tony Award–winning actress and legendary star of film and television, and featuring Broadway superstar Chita Rivera, this spectacular one-night-only event will highlight the rich cultural history of American dance and entertainment. Recipients of the 2012 CTFD Awards for Outstanding Contributions to the World of Dance include Joni Berry, Michele Herbert, Gerald M. Appelstein and Arthur Murray International in celebration of their 100th Anniversary. For more stars and surprises, please visit www.careertransition.org
ENCORES! 20th ANNIVERSARY GALA CELEBRATION November 12, 2012 Gala Tickets on Sale Now Performance-Only Tickets on Sale September 10 The Encores! 20th Anniversary Gala Celebration, starring Tony Award nominees and Encores! alumni Raúl Esparza and Kelli O’Hara, will take place at City Center on November 12, followed by dinner at the Plaza Hotel.
COTTON CLUB PARADE November 14 – 18, 2012 Tickets on Sale August 13 New York City Center’s acclaimed production of Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade will return to City Center for seven performances. Conceived by Jack Viertel and presented under the auspices of City Center’s acclaimed Encores! series, Cotton Club Parade will once again be directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, with music direction by Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. The show will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center All Stars under the direction of Daryl Waters. Cotton Club Parade opened at City Center on November 18, 2011 for a limited run and received unanimously rave reviews. It was hailed by The New York Times as “a thrilling 90-minute celebration” and named Best Jazz Moment of 2011 by The Wall Street Journal. Cotton Club Parade is a celebration of Ellington’s years at the famed Harlem nightclub in the 1920s and ‘30s, when the joint was jumping with revues featuring big band swing and blues. As in the original shows, Cotton Club Parade will feature singers, dancers and variety acts, and songs by the greatest jazz composers of the time, including Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”), a young Harold Arlen (“Stormy Weather,” “I’ve Got the World on a String,”), and of course, Duke Ellington (“Rockin’ in Rhythm,” “Cotton Club Stomp” and “Creole Love Call”). www.NYCitycenter.org
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER November 28 – December 30, 2012 Tickets on Sale September 4 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies. This season, New York City Center’s Principal Dance Company returns with exciting performances that have become a joyous holiday tradition. Artistic Director Robert Battle will continue to surprise and delight audiences with premieres and new productions that expand his vision for the company, adding dynamic choreographic voices to the repertory that challenge Ailey’s extraordinary artists in new ways. This season includes a new work commissioned by New York City Center, along with encore performances from Battle’s acclaimed first season: modern dance master Paul Taylor’s Arden Court, hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris’ soul-lifting Home, and Ohad Naharin’s unique and innovative Minus 16, which features improvisation and audience involvement. A variety of repertory favorites and classic Ailey works will be performed, including the must-see Revelations with live music or an expanded cast of 50 dancers on select programs. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater inspires all in a universal celebration of the human spirit using the African-American cultural experience and the American modern dance tradition. www.alvinailey.org
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