George Balanchine, who famously choreographed multiple ballets to composer Igor Stravinsky’s scores, once said: “I like Stravinsky's music. It is so strict, so solid. It never comes apart. You cannot improvise upon it. It's built like mathematics.” See three of his ballets set to Stravinsky's music: Apollo, Orpheus, and Agon (seen here) on the Stravinsky & Balanchine program, JAN 22, 24, 26 eve & FEB 1, 2 mat: nycballet.com/stravinsky | New York City Ballet
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Horns blare on a twelve-tone scale during Agon's opening Pas de Quatre, signaling a new era in the histories of ballet and music alike. Experience this high point in Balanchine and Stravinsky's collaborative innovation on the Stravinsky Festival III program this spring: nycballet.com/stravinskyfestival3 | New York City Ballet
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Agon, one of Balanchine's quintessential black and white ballets, closes out the Stravinsky & Balanchine program. On the opening night of our winter programming, Prin | New York City Ballet
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In talking through Agon's Gailliarde and Coda, Soloist Sara Adams illustrates how aesthetic restraint gives way to technical extremism in Balanchine's 1957 masterwork, which she says "could've been choreographed yesterday." Don't miss Agon this spring on the Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins III program: nycballet.com/balanchinerobbins3spring | New York City Ballet
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Megan LeCrone talks about her special relationship with Balanchine's Agon and why the ballet is as radical today as it was in 1957. For videos, pics and more - goo.gl/2AIKYA | New York City Ballet
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