World Ballet Day Goes Behind The Scenes Of The World's Great Ballet Companies
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 29, 2017
One Day. Five world-renowned ballet companies.
See a day in the life of dancers from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Romania, Spain, and Venezuela (Russia, China, Japan, England, Scotland, and the USA too) on Thursday, October 5, 2017. Learn more at WorldBalletDay.com.Monday, October 2
Lucrecia Martel's 2017 Argentine film Zama screens at the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center at 6pm.
The Metropolitan Opera presents the season premiere of Puccini's Italian opera La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center at 7:30pm.
The Fall for Dance Festival opens at New York City Center in Midtown. Through October 14.
Tuesday, October 3
Dark comedy Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train opens at the Signature Theatre in Hell's Kitchen at 7:30 pm. Through November 12.
Mexican-American play Oedipus El Rey gets its New York premiere at the Public Theater in the East Village at 8 pm. Through November 19.
Wednesday, October 4
Celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy.
Leonardo to Matisse: master drawings from the Robert Lehman collection opens at the Met Fifth Avenue, 10am - 5:30pm. Through January 7, 2018.
Thursday, October 5
World Ballet Day live streams the Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and regional guests.
South American teams play 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.
Dominican Bachata singer Joan Soriano plays the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm. Free
Cuban Rumbero Pedrito Martinez plays Lucille's in the B.B. King Blues Club in Midtown, Manhattan at 7:30pm. $15
Friday, October 6
The New Yorker Festival is Friday-Sunday, October 6-8, 2017.
Italian-American Pop and Jazz legend Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Manhattan at 8 pm. $62 - $167
Dance Argentine Tango with New York Latin Culture Magazine's own Ximena Ojeda and Keith Widyolar at the Milonga on the Hudson at Hudson Dance Studio in Edgewater, New Jersey from 9 pm to midnight. $15 (be sure to mention XIMENA'S LIST)
Italian-American filmmaker Sofia Coppola talks with Richard Brody about the substance of style for The 2017 New Yorker Festival at the MasterCard Stage at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea, Manhattan at 10pm. $59
Saturday, October 7
The 2017 New Yorker Festival Fearless! Life on the edge brings together American rock climber Alex Honnold, Italian skydiver Roberta Mancino, French New Yorker high wire artist Philippe Petit, and American long distance swimmer Diana Nad. Moderated by Deborah Triesman. MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre in Chelsea, Manhattan at 10am. $49
Puerto Rican Salsa Romantica legend Gilberto Santa Rosa plays the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey at 8pm.
French-Jewish-American chef Anthony Bourdain talks with Patrick Radden Keefe about parts known and unknown for the 2017 New Yorker Festival at the Society for Ethical Culture in the Upper West Side at 10pm. $79
Italian-American actor John Turturro talks with Hilton ALS about New York character for the 2017 New Yorker Festival at the MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre in Chelsea, Manhattan at 10pm. $59
Sunday, October 8
LAST CHANCE to see Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical, an exhibition of work by the Italian designer, at the Met Breuer in the Upper East Side at 10am.
French-Canadian illustrator Barry Blit talks with French New York designer Françoise Mouly about the cover image for the 2017 New Yorker Festival at the MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre in Chelsea, Manhattan at 4:30pm. $39
The Hispanic Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue from 43rd to 69th Street from noon to 5pm.
Dominican Bachata star Hector Acosta "El Torito" plays Carnegie Hall at 8pm. $31.50 - $503
COMING SOON
The World Music Institute presents The Paco de Lucía Project by Javier Limón at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side on Saturday, October 14, 2017.
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