Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Friday, 8pm • Saturday, 2pm & 8pm • Sunday, 2pm
The Joyce Theater
Manhattan
(212) 691-9740
Curtain Chat: Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Stay after the curtain goes down on Wednesday, May 6 for a post-performance discussion.
San Francisco-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet returns to The Joyce with two New York premieres, including Writing Ground, an emotionally searing, lyrical work inspired by poetry from award-winning author Colum McCann. Set to a collection of sacred music from the Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Writing Ground “illustrates the power of Alonzo King’s story-telling at its height” (Huffington Post). The second premiere, Concerto for Two Violins – called “smart and satisfying” by the San Francisco Chronicle – is set to Bach’s Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, first immortalized by Balanchine in 1941. This sleek, sharp salute to ballet’s past marks the continued evolution of neoclassicism.
Open Class with Alonzo King (Part 1), presented by The Center for Ballet and the Arts