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

Starting at 1 p.m. before the matinee performance and 7 p.m. before the evening performance, members of the NYCB Orchestra will perform live music on the theater's Promenade. Both the matinee and evening performances will open with an onstage curtain welcome marking the occasion and will feature All-Tschaikovsky/All-Balanchine programs consisting of Swan Lake, The Garland Dance, Allegro Brillante and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 during the 2 p.m. performance, and Serenade, Mozartiana and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 during the 8 p.m. performance.

At 5 p.m. there will be a free Onstage Demonstration with NYCB's dancers entitled "The Balanchine Ballerina," which will explore some of the iconic roles Balanchine created for his ballerinas. The presentation will feature NYCB dancers performing excerpts from Allegro Brillante, Mozartiana, Serenade, Symphony in C, Tschaikovsky Suite No.3, and Western Symphony.

SATURDAY AT THE BALLET WITH GEORGE, January 19

12:45 p.m. Children's Workshop, NYCB Rose Building (Tickets $12, both children and adults)
1:40 p.m. First Position Discussion, Fourth Ring of DHK Theater (FREE with performance ticket)
2:00 p.m. Matinee Performance, All-T schaikovsky/All-Balanchine program, DHK Theater (Tickets $29-$155); Live Music on the Promenade beginning at 1 p.m.
5:00 p.m. The Balanchine Ballerina: Onstage Demonstration, DHKT Theater (FREE, ticket required)
8:00 p.m. Evening Performance, All-T schaikovsky/All-Balanchine program, DHK Theater (Tickets $29-$155); Live Music on the Promenade beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the Children's Workshop, free Onstage Demonstration and both performances can be obtained at the theater's box office, at www.nycballet.com, and by phone at 212-496-0600. Facility and handling fees are waived on tickets for Free Events. Standard fees apply when purchasing workshop and performance tickets. For more information and a detailed schedule of events for Saturday at the Ballet with George visit www.nycballet.com/george.

Justin Peck WORLD PREMIERE, January 31

Highlighting the winter performances will be a world premiere ballet by NYCB dancer and choreographer Justin Peck as part of the Company's annual New Combinations Evening on Thursday, January 31.

Peck, who is 25 years old, is one of the youngest choreographers ever commissioned by NYCB and will be premiering his third work for the Company in a period of just six months. His two previous works created for NYCB are In Creases (Summer 2012) and Year of the Rabbit (Fall 2012). His new ballet will be set to Sinfonietta LaJolla by the prolific 20th-century Czech composer Bohuslav Martin?.

NYCB's New Combinations Evening pays tribute to George Balanchine's legacy by presenting world premiere ballets on or around the anniversary of Balanchine's birth every January. In addition to the World Premiere by Justin Peck, the 2013 New Combinations Evening will also include Alexei Ratmansky's Concerto DSCH and Balanchine's rarely performed Variations Pour une Porte et un Soupir.

The new Peck ballet will also be performed on Saturday, February 2 at 8 p.m.; Wednesday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m., and Friday, February 8 at 8 p.m. In addition, Peck's Fall 2012 work Year of the Rabbit will be performed on Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, February 2 at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, February 3 at 3 p.m.

SEE THE MUSIC...

This winter See the Music... programs will take place on January 24 at 7:30 p.m. and February 9 at 8 p.m., providing an inside look at NYCB's diverse musical repertory and the Company's 62-piece Orchestra. Each See the Music... performance will begin with a brief introduction led by the conductor, followed by a musical performance by the NYCB Orchestra of an excerpt from one of the ballet scores on the program. The January 24 program will look at Tschaikovsky's score for Diamonds from Jewels. The February 9 program will focus on Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements.

Create-Your-Own subscriptions for the 2012-2013 Season, which provide savings of up to 20% off single ticket prices, are available by phone at 212-496-0600, and online at www.nycballet.com. Single tickets for the winter repertory performances start at $29. Tickets for all performances and events can be obtained at the theater's box office, at www.nycballet.com and by phone at 212-496-0600.

Once again this winter the lobbies of the David H. Koch Theater will open one hour prior to curtain time. In addition, for repertory performances, all Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening performances will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Children's Workshops will take place in NYCB's Rose Building Rehearsal studios located at 165 West 65th Street, 7th floor. All performances, First Position Discussions and Onstage Demonstrations will take place at the David H. Koch Theater, which is located on the Lincoln Center Plaza at Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street. For general information on tickets for any New York City Ballet performances, call 212- 496-0600, or visit www.nycballet.com.

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