New York City Ballet Inc

Programs: City ballets roster of 91 dancers plus 6 apprentices and 62 full-time musicians gave 163 performances at the david h. Koch theater, showcasing 78 unique ballets including 47 performances of george balanchines the nutcracker and 3 student matinees. The 78 ballets performed included 8 world premieres and 3 newly commissioned scores. Audiences in new york city numbered 334,500, and the company gave another 43 performances on tour for audiences of 72,000. The companys fall season featured city ballets fourth annual fall ballet and fashion gala on september 20 which continued the tradition of pairing notable fashion designers with emerging choreographers: city ballets resident choreographer justin peck, city ballet principal dancer lauren lovette, corps de ballet member peter walker, and columbian-belgian choreographer annabelle lopez ochoa. The winter season featured the world premiere of a new ballet by swedish choreographer pontus lidberg to a newly commissioned score by american composer david lang, and another new ballet by justin peck to an electronic music score by dan deacon featuring the dancers in sneakers. Other highlights of the winter season included peter martins full length production of the sleeping beauty, and the return of the city ballet art series, which is designed to engage younger audiences by pairing a contemporary visual art installation in the theater with three access evenings for which all seats for the performance are $30. The spring season was highlighted by the four week here/now festival, celebrating the companys commitment to new work, which presented 43 ballets by 22 choreographers created for nycb over the past three decades. The festival included world premieres by justin peck and alexei ratmansky. The spring season closed with george balanchines full length production of a midsummer nights dream. Throughout the full 2016-2017 season, the company performed an array of signature works by george balanchine and jerome robbins.

during new york city ballets annual residencies at the saratoga performing arts center and the john f. Kennedy center for the performing arts, the company gave 19 performances. The company gave 20 performances at pariss thtre du chtelet as part of the les ts de la dance festival. The smaller chamber ensemble moves traveled to annandale-on-hudson, new york for 4 performances at bard college. In total, the company reached approximately 72,000 audience members while on tour.

the company reached over 22,000 students, children, and adults with educational programming and workshops. During the 2016-2017 season, city ballets suite of three in-school residency programs - the nutcracker project, ballet tales, and project ballet - reached 5,300 public school children in 210 classromms in 42 elementary schools in all five nyc boroughs. This is double the number of students who participated in these programs in 2013-2014. A key component of each residency is students attendance at a matinee performance especially for them. Company dancers and musicians perform full-length performances in costume on the companys stage accompanied by the city ballet orchestra; for many students, it is their first time attending a professional performance. In addition to expanding its educational initiatives in classrooms, nycb reached new audiences through its public programs for children, young adults, and families. During the 2016-2017 season, city ballet continued outreach efforts for our three family saturdays programs to city council members and other community groups, including organizations that serve deaf children and families, to offer $5 tickets (regular priced tickets to family saturdays are $22). The total discounted tickets for all three family saturdays programs amounted to 800 for the year; in 2013-2014 there were 86 discounted tickets sold. Overall attendance at the three programs was 6,000 audience members. Throughout the companys regularly scheduled season, interactive workshops for children and adults take place at nycb studios. Led by a city ballet teaching artist or company dancer, workshops introduce participants to basic ballet vocabulary, movement combinations, and short excerpts that coincide with current repertory being performed. During the 2016-2017 season, 800 children, families, and medical personnel participated in city ballets programs for young people with disabilities and special needs. City ballet continued its partnership with the weinberg family center for cerebral palsy, which began in 2014 and in which nycb principal dancers led free customized movement workshops, and volunteer medical staff from columbia assisted the participating children. City ballet also developed customized programming for young people with physical and cognitive disabilities such as autism, down syndrome, joint diseases, and brain trauma for the lincoln center passport program for children on the autism spectrum, kravis childrens hospital at mount sinai, childrens hospital at montefiore, morgan stanley childrens hospital, nyu langone medical center - rusk pediatric rehabilitation center and initiative for women with disabilities, southampton fresh air home, hole in the wall gang camp, international school of hope, manhattan star academy, and henry viscardi school.