New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) returns to New York Live Arts with its new Uptown/Downtown/Dance series from March 1-4, 2017 at 7:30pm, with an additional 2pm matinee, on Saturday. This year's program features a revival of Nijinsky's L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune staged by the 98-year-old Ann Hutchinson Guest, a new and as-of-yet untitled pas de trois by Pam Tanowitz, Frederick Ashton's La Chatte métamorphoses en femme, and Antonia Franceschi's She Holds Out Her Hand which premiered at Danspace in Fall 2016. All pieces will be performed to live music. A post-show celebration with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and music will be held after the opening night performance for which tickets are $75. Tickets for the performances are $30 ($15 for Students & Seniors) and can be purchased at http://newyorklivearts.org/event/spring-concerts/. "Never before in my experience of this troupe have its performers made so engaging and memorable an impression," - The New York Times of NYTB's debut performance at New York Live Arts. The Uptown/Downtown/Dance Program at New York Live Arts L'Après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) by Vaslav Nijinksy, Staged by Ann Hutchinson Guest L'Après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) was choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes and first performed in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 29 May 1912. Nijinsky danced the main part himself. Both the score (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy) and the ballet were inspired by the poem L'Après-midi d'un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé. The work had an overtly erotic subtext beneath its façade of Greek antiquity, ending with a scene of graphic sexual desire. L'Après-midi d'un Faune is considered one of the first modern ballets and proved to be as controversial as Nijinsky's Jeux (Games, 1913) and Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring, 1913). Untitled Pas de Trois by Pam Tanowitz Pam's third work for New York Theatre Ballet. La Chatte métamorphoses en femme (The Cat transformed into a woman) by Frederick Ashton La Chatte métamorphoses en femme (The cat transformed into a woman) was originally a one-act opéra comique of 1858 with words by Eugene Scribe and Mélesville, and music by Jacques Offenbach. She Holds Out Her Hand by Antonia Franceschi Premiered with New York Theatre Ballet at Danspace Project in Fall 2016. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS Located in the heart of Chelsea in New York City, New York Live Arts is an internationally recognized destination for innovative movement-based artistry offering audiences access to art and artists notable for their conceptual rigor, formal experimentation and active engagement with the social, political and cultural currents of our times. At the center of this identity is Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director, a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer. NYLA commissions, produces and presents performances in its 20,000 square foot home, which includes a 184-seat theater and two 1,200 square foot studios that can be combined into one large studio. NYLA serves as home base for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, provides an extensive range of participatory programs for adults and young people, and supports the continuing professional development of artists. New York Theatre Ballet's performances are part of New York Live Arts' Live Arts PLUS program, designed to allow mission-aligned performing arts organizations access to state-of-the-art facilities and support toward the growth of their work. More information at www.newyorklivearts.org. ABOUT NEW YORK THEATRE BALLET Now in its 38th Season, and invigorated by a recent move to St. Marks' Church in-the-Bowery, NYTB has reinvented itself as New York's downtown ballet company. With its ever-expanding repertory, NYTB's cutting edge programming brings fresh insight to classic revivals paired with the modern sensibilities of both established and up and coming choreographers. The diversity in repertory explores the past while boldly taking risks on the future. Performing in more intimate spaces, often to live music, brings the audience and the dance together for a personal experience. When reflecting on NYTB's first season at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in 2015, The New York Times said, "The members of Theater Ballet are not only refined dancers but also unaffected actors... they draw you in. The intimacy of the space only helped; the amplitude and honesty of their dancing has found its match in St. Mark's Church." NYTB's 2016-17 season will continue with: Schimmel Center: Uptown/Downtown/Dance Box Office: 212-346-1715, www.SchimmelCenter.org April 28 and 29, 2017 at 7:30pm Tickets: $29 The evenings will include a restaging of former NYTB resident choreographer Edward Henkel's Revision, created in 1986 and the World Premiere of Misfit Movement Makers by Broadway choreographer Chase Brock set to indie-folk and folk-pop music with lyrics. "I see this new ballet as a millennial folk dance, a dance that will feel current without feeling contemporary," said Mr. Brock.
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