N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz [Company premiere]
Jerome Robbins // Music by Robert Prince
Barber Violin Concerto
Peter Martins // Music by Samuel Barber
Beside them, they dwell [World Premiere]
Matthew Neenan // Music by Pierre Boulez
Feel the flavor of the city that never sleeps with Jerome Robbins' N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz. Robbins' "ballet in sneakers," celebrates the youth and vitality of the era in which it emerged: the distinctly cool 1950's. N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz adopts the spirit of Robbins' renowned musical, West Side Story, with Broadway-style theatricality saturating this series of dances.
Also on the bill, Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto showcases two couples, bathed in white, performing brilliant pas de deux that exhibit the range between classical ballet and modern dance.
Choreographer in Residence Matthew Neenan's much-anticipated 13th commission for the Company completes the program.
Merriam Theater
Performance Dates
Thursday, May 31, 7:30pm
Friday, June 1, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 2, 2pm, 8pm
Sunday, June 3, 2pm
Watch excerpts from Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto. Video: East Hill Video