Signatures 11
This year’s Signatures Series features the works of Ashton, Cunningham, Tudor and Keith Michael’s The Alice-in-Wonderland Follies.
Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street
February 11-12, April 8-9, May 13-14
7 pm
New York Theatre Ballet will revive Merce Cunningham’s classic Septet during Signatures 11, February 11 & 12 and May 13 & 14 at 7:00 pm at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, NYC. Septet is a traditional ballet choreographed before Cunningham embarked upon more modern techniques. Called a “rarity” in the Cunningham canon, it is set to music (Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire) by Erik Satie. The performance of Septet has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.
New York Theatre Ballet also performs Frederick Ashton’s Capriol Suite and Antony Tudor’s Soiree Musicale as prt of the Signatures 11 program in February & May.
On April 8 & 9 NYTB presents Keith Michael’s The Alice-in-Wonderland Follies at Florence Gould Hall @ 7 pm. Alice was created specially for NYTB and this performance marks its 10th anniversary. The ballet takes place in 1915 at The Palace Theater in New York, in the electric atmosphere of a vaudeville extravaganza celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1865 publication of Lewis Carroll’s literary classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With rapid-fire staging, Alice’s fantasies unfold in music halls reminiscent of the crowd-pleasing effervescence of headliners such as Joe Weber and Lew Fields, Lillian Russell, Helen Hayes, and Marie Dresler.
Tickets for Signatures 11 are $25. To purchase tickets, call Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100. Tickets can also be purchased at the Florence Gould Hall Box Office, 55 East 59th Street.
This season is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, A State Agency, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, and The Harkness Foundation for Dance
