{"id":6704,"date":"2014-01-29T21:02:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T21:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/?p=6704"},"modified":"2014-02-11T00:20:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T00:20:33","slug":"ballet-ny-presents-the-2014-new-york-city-season-april-15-17-2014-the-ailey-citigroup-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/ballet-ny-presents-the-2014-new-york-city-season-april-15-17-2014-the-ailey-citigroup-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"BALLET NY presents the 2014 New York City Season April 15-17, 2014 The Ailey Citigroup Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/div>\n
January 29,\u00a02014<\/div>\n
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MEDIA CONTACT<\/strong>
\nMichelle Tabnick,\u00a0(646) 765-4773<\/a>,\u00a0michelle@michelletabnickcommunications.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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BALLET NY<\/b><\/p>\n

presents the 2014 New York City Season<\/p>\n

April 15-17, 2014<\/p>\n

The Ailey Citigroup Theater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ballet NY\u00a0<\/b>presents its 2014 Season, including\u00a0In the Garden of Souls<\/i>, the company premieres of\u00a0Kinderszenen<\/i>,\u00a0Dreams<\/i>, and excerpts from\u00a0Urban Study,<\/b><\/i>\u00a0from\u00a0April 15-17, 2014\u00a0at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th<\/sup>\u00a0Street, NYC (at Ninth Avenue).\u00a0 All performances are at\u00a07:30pm.\u00a0 Tickets are $26 ($16 for students and seniors) and are available at\u00a0www.smarttix.com<\/a>\u00a0or by phone at\u00a0212-868-4444<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The program includes:<\/p>\n

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Dreams<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>– Company Premiere<\/p>\n

Choreography: Margot Parsons, Music: Ai Isshiki and Steve Milton<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>“Dreams<\/i>, is concerned with the inner propulsion of going forward against the force of time,” said choreographer Margot Parsons.\u00a0\u00a0Dreams<\/i>\u00a0is a ballet for three women.<\/p>\n

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Kinderszenen<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>(Childhood Scenes) – Company Premiere<\/p>\n

Choreography: Antonia Francheschi, Music: Allen Shawn<\/p>\n

“<\/b>Kinderszenen<\/i>\u00a0was made with the composer, the painter and George Balanchine in heart and mind,” said choreographer Antonia Francheschi.\u00a0 The dance features three couples.<\/p>\n

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Excerpts from\u00a0Urban Study<\/i><\/b>\u00a0– Company Premiere\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Choreography: Ginger Thatcher, Music: Annie Gosfield<\/p>\n

Featuring four women and two men.<\/p>\n

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In the Garden of Souls<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>– Revisited<\/p>\n

Choreography: Medhi Bahiri, Music: Azam Ali, vocal, Greg Ellis, percussion, and a blend of Native tradition of North America and Ancient tradition of India and the Far East<\/p>\n

Featuring two men and two women.<\/p>\n

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Founded in 1997 by former New York City Ballet Principal Ballerina Judith Fugate and International Guest Artist Medhi Bahiri,\u00a0Ballet NY<\/b>\u00a0is a company of accomplished principal and soloist dancers, whose mission is to offer emerging choreographers the opportunity to create new works on those dancers.\u00a0 The Company is committed to keeping ticket prices affordable in an effort to attract, cultivate and educate new audiences for dance.\u00a0 The Company has performed in New York City at The Joyce Theater, Symphony Space, Marymount Manhattan College, The Miller Theater, The Ailey Citigroup Theater, around the country and in Mexico and Canada. \u00a0For more information, visit\u00a0www.balletny.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Medhi Bahiri\u00a0<\/b>(Co-Artistic Director,\u00a0Ballet NY<\/b>) brings a wide and diverse background in dance to his position. He was Principal Dancer with Ballet West and Boston Ballet, and a member of Maurice Bejart’s Twentieth Century Ballet. As Principal Guest Artist, he has appeared with Ballet National de Mexico, Ballet de Santiago, Chile, Universal Ballet of Korea, Ballet du Louvre, Tulsa Ballet, and Ballet Philippines. Touring in the United States and Europe, his partners have included: Cynthia Gregory, Ann Marie DeAngelo, Valentina Kozlova, Cheryl Yeager, Evelyn Cisneros, Marie-Christine Mouis, Christine Spizzo, Christina Fagundes and Laura Young, among others. Mr. Bahiri won the First Prize of the Prix de Lausanne dance competition, and was recognized for his outstanding artistic achievement and original style at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. As a non-competitor, he was distinguished as Best Partner at the Jackson and Tokyo ballet competitions.<\/div>\n

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Judith Fugate<\/b>\u00a0(Co-Artistic Director,\u00a0Ballet NY<\/b>), former Principal Ballerina with the New York City Ballet, danced roles in virtually every ballet in the NYCB repertoire, counting among her partners Peter Martins, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Helgi Tomasson. During her career she toured extensively with groups led by renowned artists such as Mr. Baryshnikov, Cynthia Gregory and Mr. Martins. Miss Fugate appeared on “Live from Lincoln Center” with Ray Charles in Peter Martins’\u00a0A Fool for You.\u00a0<\/i>In the Metropolitan Opera’s production of\u00a0La Traviata,<\/i>\u00a0conducted by Placido Domingo, she was partnered by Fernando Bujones and Peter Boal. She left the company in 1997 to pursue a career as freelance Guest Artist and Co-Artistic Director of\u00a0Ballet NY.<\/b>\u00a0Miss Fugate works as repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and the Jerome Robbins Rights Trust, staging these renowned choreographers’ works worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Sponsors and Underwriters for Ballet NY’s 2014 Season include:<\/b><\/p>\n

Hospital for Special Surgery\/Louis Shapiro, CEO<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

The Gerald and Daphna Cramer Family Foundation, Inc.<\/p>\n

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Ballet NY<\/b><\/p>\n

4445 Post Road #3H<\/p>\n

Riverdale, NY 10471<\/p>\n

Phone\/Fax:\u00a0718\/543-2760<\/a><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0balletny.directors@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29,\u00a02014   MEDIA CONTACT Michelle Tabnick,\u00a0(646) 765-4773,\u00a0michelle@michelletabnickcommunications.com BALLET NY presents the 2014 New York City Season April 15-17, 2014 The Ailey Citigroup Theater Ballet NY\u00a0presents its 2014 Season, including\u00a0In the Garden of Souls, the company premieres of\u00a0Kinderszenen,\u00a0Dreams, and excerpts from\u00a0Urban Study,\u00a0from\u00a0April 15-17, 2014\u00a0at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th\u00a0Street, NYC…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,38,342,22],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-6704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballet","category-contemporary","category-empowerment","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6704"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=6704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}