Name: BalletCollective 2024 Season - THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT - Thurs. Oct. 31
Start: 2024-10-31T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-31T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Trinity Commons

BalletCollective 2024 Season - THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT - Thurs. Oct. 31

Are transitions a beginning or an ending? They’re both. The entrance is the exit. 2 premieres, 1 revival, and 11 NYCB dancers investigate.
About this Event

This page is for the Thursday, October 31st performance.

For the Tuesday, October 29th Gala, click here.
For the Wednesday, October 30th performance, click here.
For the Friday, November 1st performance, click here.

<h4>BalletCollective’s 2024 season THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT will feature two world premiere ballets and a revival of an acclaimed 2023 work, all of which creatively inspect the duality of change and the connections between endings and beginnings as interpreted by leaders in fields ranging from architecture to ballet to contemporary music to visual art. All performances feature live musical accompaniment and a cast of dancers from the New York City Ballet.</h4>

<h4>Founded in 2010 by acclaimed choreographer, director, and New York City Ballet soloist Troy Schumacher, arts nonprofit BalletCollective asks not what ballet is, but what it can be—partnering with both emerging and established art makers and thought leaders using its deeply collaborative, signature process to make forward-thinking ballet-based works.</h4>

<h4>BalletCollective exclusively performs original, commissioned work. By its nature, it consists of a rotating group of artists and collaborators—over 280 to date—and with each new "Collective" new ideas, new challenges, and ultimately, new forms of expression emerge. BalletCollective has produced 23 original ballets with commissioned music, including two full-length works. Its most recent full-length work, The Night Falls (2023), was named a "Best of 2023" by The New York Times.</h4><h4>
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PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE ONE

Choreography by Troy Schumacher
Music composed and performed by The Westerlies
Inspired by a commissioned painting by visual artist Jordan Bennett
Lighting by Ben Rawson

-INTERMISSION-

WORLD PREMIERE TWO

Choreography by Houston Thomas, recipient of BalletCollective’s 2024 Commission for Developing Choreographers
Music composed by Jonathan Bingham and performed by Bergamot Quartet with Special Guests
Inspired by an original multimedia work by cultural practice architect Mario Gooden
Lighting by Ben Rawson

-INTERMISSION-

The World We Left Behind (2023)

Choreography by Troy Schumacher
Music composed and performed by Phong Tran
Inspired by a custom tabletop role-playing game by Samantha Leigh
Lighting by Ben Rawson
Costumes styled by Troy Schumacher and Barbara Erin Delo

Program duration is approximately 90 minutes.

The music for The World We Left Behind was commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

DANCER CASTING

Dominika Afanasenkov, Devin Alberda, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, David Gabriel, Ashley Hod, Alexa Maxwell, Kennedy Targosz, Andrew Veyette, Sebastián Villarini-Vélez, and Kloe Walker, all from New York City Ballet.

Programs and casting are subject to change.

2024 BALLETCOLLECTIVE SEASON CAMPAIGN

Artistic Director: Troy Schumacher
Photographer & Videographer: Samantha Casolari
Photographer’s Assistant: Ian Rutter
Stylist: Vivian Chuang
Stylist’s Assistant: Shannon Chou
Makeup Design: Ehlie Luna
Graphic Design: de.MO
Executive Director: Cara Lonergan
Artistic & Administrative Manager: Kristen Segin
Featuring: Dominika Afanasenkov, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, David Gabriel, Alexa Maxwell, and Kennedy Targosz

ON MAXWELL: jumpsuit by PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE, rings by Gentle Storm
ON GABRIEL: one-piece by HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE, bracelet by Gentle Storm