TCHAIKOVSKY CELEBRATION and More Set for New York City Ballet's Winter 2013 Season

New York City Ballet's 2013 winter repertory performances will begin on Tuesday, January 15, kicking off with an All-Tschaikovsky/All-Balanchine program consisting of Serenade, Mozartiana, and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2.

The season will continue for six weeks, through Sunday, February 24, with performances of 24 different ballets from NYCB's unparalleled repertory, including 14 ballets by George Balanchine, three by Jerome Robbins, three by Peter Martins, two by Justin Peck (including a world premiere ballet), as well as works by William Forsythe and Alexei Ratmansky. All performances will take place at the Company's home, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

TSCHAIKOVSKY CELEBRATION: All-Tschaikovsky Repertory
Performances, January 15 to January 27
Peter Martins' The Sleeping Beauty, February 13 to February 24

The winter repertory performances will open with a two-week celebration of the music of Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky, featuring nine ballets by George Balanchine on three separate programs, as well as a new work by Peter Martins, Bal de Couture, which premiered at the Company's 2012 Fall Gala performance set to selections from Tschaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and featuring costumes designed by Valentino.

This will mark the first-time ever that during two weeks of programming NYCB has presented all of the ballets currently in the Company's active repertory that were created by Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's music. In 1981 NYCB presented a Tschaikovsky Festival which featured new works by Balanchine, Robbins, Martins and others, as well as existing repertory.

The first program will include Balanchine's first work made in America, Serenade, his last major work, Mozartiana, and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2. This program will debut on Tuesday, January 15, at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances on Wednesday, January 16 at 7:30p.m., Friday, January 18 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, January 19 at 8 p.m.; and Saturday, January 26 at 2 p.m.

The second All-Tschaikovsky/All-Balanchine program will consist of Swan Lake, Allegro Brillante, and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and will debut on Thursday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances on Saturday, January 19 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, January 20 at 3 p.m.; Tuesday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m., and Wednesday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The third program will feature Balanchine's Diamonds, from the full-length Jewels, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la Fée," which Balanchine created to excerpts from Stravinsky's full-length ballet score, that Stravinsky composed as an homage to the music of Tschaikovsky, using several of the composer's melodies and early piano pieces. This program will also feature Peter Martins' Fall 2012 work Bal de Couture set to selections from Tschaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. This program will debut on Thursday, January 24 at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances on Friday, January 25 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, January 26 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, January 27 at 3 p.m.

In a continuation of the Tschaikovsky Celebration, the 2013 winter season will close with two weeks of performances of Peter Martins' acclaimed full-length production of Tschaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, from Wednesday, February 13 through Sunday, February 24. Created in 1991, The Sleeping Beauty was last performed by NYCB in 2010.

SATURDAY AT THE BALLET WITH GEORGE, January 19

On Saturday, January 19, NYCB will honor the anniversary of George Balanchine's birth (January 22, 1904) with a celebratory day of special events and two All-Tschaikovsky/All-Balanchine performances.

Saturday at the Ballet with George will begin at 12:45 p.m. with an interactive Children's Workshop exploring the music, movement and themes of Balanchine's Swan Lake. At 1:40 p.m. the conversation will continue with a First Position Discussion in the theater's Fourth Ring, where NYCB docents will provide background information and insights on the ballets on the matinee program.

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