Details for one half of New York City Ballet's Southern California performances in Fall of 2004 have been officially anounced. This half is the Orange County run, Sept. 29 to Oct 3. (The other half, in Los Angeles at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from Oct 6 to 10, is planned but details haven't been anounced yet.) The planned repertory for Orange County looks very exciting, with a good mix of Balanchine "classics" and a program of NYCB's newer material as well (with a nice tutu-type Balanchine piece thrown in, just in case...):

Wed., Sept 29 at 8 p.m.
Jewels - George Balanchine / Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Thurs., Sept 30 at 8 p.m.
Serenade - George Balanchine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky Violin Concerto - George Balanchine / Igor Stravinsky
Stars and Stripes - George Balanchine / John Philip Sousa

Fri., Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.
Polyphonia - Christopher Wheeldon / Gyorgy Ligeti
Thou Swell - Peter Martins / Richard Rodgers
Symphony in C - George Balanchine / Georges Bizet

Sat., Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.
Jewels - George Balanchine / Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sat., Oct 2 at 8 p.m.
Serenade - George Balanchine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - George Balanchine / Igor Stravinsky
Stars and Stripes - George Balanchine / John Philip Sousa

Sun., Oct 3 at 12:30 p.m.
Rubies – George Balanchine / Igor Stravinsky
Stars and Stripes - George Balanchine / John Philip Sousa

Sun., Oct. 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Polyphonia - Christopher Wheeldon / Gyorgy Ligeti
Thou Swell - Peter Martins / Richard Rodgers
Symphony in C - George Balanchine / Georges Bizet

(Also worth checking out: Orange County's 2004-2005 dance season, which starts with NYCB, goes to a week of ABT mixed rep, then Matthew Bourne's company with "Nutcracker," and then the returns of Alvin Ailey and the Eifman Ballet. Full details here)

<small>[ 09 March 2004, 01:03 PM: Message edited by: NYBalletMod ]</small>

Thank you for this information, art076! Looks like a good reason to schedule a trip to LAX.

Francis,

If you can get a flight to John Wayne in OC instead, you'll be a hop, skip, and a chasse away from OCPAC.

Art,

Thanks for the info. It looks like I will have to stay overnight in OC for the whole weekend.

--Andre

As a reminder...this topic will be for posts relating to the Calfornia performances this fall.!

Kate

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There is now additional exciting repertory news for New York City Ballet's performances in Southern California, just anounced today along with the rest of the Music Center's 2004-2005 dance season (click here for the full season).

Following the Orange County performances September 29 to October 3, NYCB will move slightly up the coast to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at LA's Music Center for the following programs, October 6 to 10:

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
Program A - Balanchine Program
"Who Cares"
"Agon,"
"Symphony in C"

Thursday October 8 at 8 p.m.
Program B
"Concerto Barocco" (Balanchine)
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine)
Peter Martins Work To Be Announced
"I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Robbins)

Friday, October 8 at 7:30 pm.
Program A - Balanchine Program
"Who Cares"
"Agon"
"Symphony in C"

Sat Mat October 9 at 2 pm
Program B
"Concerto Barocco" (Balanchine)
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine)
Peter Martins Work To Be Announced
"I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Robbins)

Saturday, October 9 at 8 pm
Program C
"Serenade" (Balanchine)
"Stravinsky Violin Concerto" (Balanchine)
"Carnival of the Animals" (Christopher Wheeldon)

Sunday, October 10 at 2 pm
Program C
"Serenade" (Balanchine)
"Stravinsky Violin Concerto" (Balanchine)
"Carnival of the Animals" (Christopher Wheeldon)

This plus the Orange County performances makes for a great looking season in Southern California!

--art

<small>[ 30 March 2004, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: art076 ]</small>

Art,

Wow, and thanks! I'm looking forward to spending both weekends watching the company. The Music Center hasn't yet announced their 2004-2005 season, so this is quite a scoop, too.

--Andre

just bumping this up...

This may prove to be a better weekend for me than the previous weekend at OCPAC....

I hope this doesn't sound too snide. But putting "Thou Swell" Rodgers/Martins on the same programs with the likes of "Jewels", "Polyphonia", and "Stravinsky Violin Concerto" is like putting a dwarf amongst giants.

Agreed, rogelio. Especially sandwiched as it is between "Polyphonia" and "Symphony in C." But it looks audience friendly - they will eat it up the same way they eat up ABT's Beatles ballet.

Casting is up for both Orange County and Los Angeles:

* First time in role
+ Guest Artist
# SAB Student
[ ] Conductor

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 3, 2004

WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 29 AT 8:00PM [Quinn]

JEWELS
Emeralds: RUTHERFORD, TEWSLEY, RINGER, FAYETTE, FAIRCHILD*, BOUDER, HIGGINS
Intermission
Rubies: WEESE, WOETZEL, REICHLEN [Grant]
Intermission
Diamonds: WHELAN, MARTINS

THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 30 AT 8:00PM [Kaplow]

Serenade: KISTLER, WEESE*, KOWROSKI, ASKEGARD, FAYETTE
Intermission
Stravinsky Violin Concerto: BORREE, HÜBBE, WHELAN, SOTO [Nikkanen]
Intermission
Stars and Stripes: ANSANELLI, WOETZEL, BOUDER, BAR, GOLD

FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 1 AT 8:00PM

Polyphonia: WHELAN, WEESE, ANSANELLI, ARTHURS, SOTO, LIANG, HALL, FOWLER [Moverman, Walters]
Intermission
Thou Swell: KISTLER, RINGER, BORREE, KOWROSKI, SOTO, FAYETTE, MARTINS, ASKEGARD
Intermission
Symphony in C:
1st Mov.: WEESE, TEWSLEY
2nd Mov.: SYLVE*, HANNA*
3rd Mov.: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED
4th Mov.: RIGGINS, HIGGINS

SATURDAY MATINEE, OCT. 2 AT 2:00PM [Quinn]

JEWELS
Emeralds: RUTHERFORD, TEWSLEY, SYLVE, J. STAFFORD, DRONOVA*, RIGGINS, CARMENA
Intermission
Rubies: BORREE, HÜBBE, LOWERY [Grant]
Intermission
Diamonds: KOWROSKI, ASKEGARD

SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 2 AT 8:00PM [Kaplow]

Serenade: KISTLER, WEESE, SYLVE, ASKEGARD, HANNA
Intermission
Stravinsky Violin Concerto: BORREE, MARTINS, WHELAN, SOTO [Nikkanen]
Intermission
Stars and Stripes: ANSANELLI, WOETZEL, BOUDER, BAR, GOLD

SUNDAY MATINEE, OCT. 3 AT 12:30PM

Serenade: RINGER, TAYLOR, KOWROSKI, ASKEGARD, FAYETTE
Intermission
Rubies: ANSANELLI, MILLEPIED, REICHLEN [Grant]
Intermission
Stars and Stripes: SYLVE, HANNA, BOUDER, BAR, HENDRICKSON

SUNDAY EVENING, OCT. 3 AT 5:30PM [Quinn]

Polyphonia: WHELAN, WEESE, ANSANELLI, ARTHURS, SOTO, LIANG, HALL, FOWLER [Moverman, Walters]
Intermission
Thou Swell: KISTLER, RINGER, BORREE, KOWROSKI, SOTO, FAYETTE, MARTINS, ASKEGARD
Intermission
Symphony in C:
1st Mov.: WEESE, TEWSLEY
2nd Mov.: SYLVE, HANNA
3rd Mov.: BOUDER, DE LUZ
4th Mov.: RIGGINS, HIGGINS

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 6-10, 2004

WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 6 AT 7:30PM

Who Cares?: MARTINS, RINGER, ANSANELLI, BOUDER [McDill]
Intermission
Agon: WHELAN, SOTO, MARCOVICI, KROHN, BAR, SYLVE, HANNA, FOWLER
Intermission
Symphony in C:
1st Mov.: WEESE, TEWSLEY
2nd Mov.: KOWROSKI, ASKEGARD
3rd Mov.: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED
4th Mov.: RIGGINS, HIGGINS

THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 7 AT 8:00PM

Concerto Barocco: BORREE, RUTHERFORD, FAYETTE
Intermission
Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]
Pause
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux: WEESE, HANNA
Intermission
I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, KOWROSKI, RINGER, HIGGINS, J. ANGLE, HÜBBE

FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 8 AT 7:30PM

Who Cares?: MARTINS, RINGER, ANSANELLI, BOUDER [McDill]
Intermission
Agon: KOWROSKI, SOTO, MARCOVICI, KROHN, BAR, SYLVE, HANNA, FOWLER
Intermission
Symphony in C:
1st Mov.: WEESE, TEWSLEY
2nd Mov.: WHELAN, ASKEGARD
3rd Mov.: BOUDER, DE LUZ
4th Mov.: RIGGINS, HIGGINS

SATURDAY MATINEE, OCT. 9 AT 2:00PM

Concerto Barocco: KOWROSKI, RUTHERFORD, ASKEGARD
Intermission
Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]
Pause
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux: WEESE, HANNA
Intermission
I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, KOWROSKI, RINGER, HIGGINS, J. ANGLE, HÜBBE

SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 9 AT 8:00PM

Serenade: KISTLER, WEESE, SYLVE, MARTINS, HANNA
Intermission
Stravinsky Violin Concerto: ANSANELLI, HÜBBE, WHELAN, SOTO [Nikkanen]
Intermission
Carnival of the Animals: LITHGOW, KAYALI*, ASKEGARD, RINGER, FAYETTE, BORREE, RUTHERFORD, BARAK*, HIGGINS, REDPATH [Grant, Walters]

SUNDAY MATINEE, OCT. 10 AT 2:00PM

Serenade: RINGER, TAYLOR, KOWROSKI, MARTINS, FAYETTE
Intermission
Stravinsky Violin Concerto: ANSANELLI, HÜBBE, SYLVE, MARCOVICI [Nikkanen]
Intermission
Carnival of The Animals: LITHGOW, KAYALI, ASKEGARD, RINGER, FAYETTE, BORREE, RUTHERFORD, BARAK, HIGGINS, REDPATH [Grant, Walters]

<small>[ 18 September 2004, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: art076 ]</small>

Wow. Thanks, Art! I am looking forward to both weekends. Both weekends are similar but sufficiently different enough that they should draw serious balletomanes to both!

Hi!
Thanks for posting the casting! I'm without internet in my flat until my return from Copenhagen in early October, so my internet access has been rather patchy!

Once hooked up to broadband, I will try to keep up with postings here and on the other NYCB threads!

I look forward to reading about the NYCB performances in California. Of interest are Stephen Hanna in Tschai PdD and, if he does dance, Damian Woetzel's return from a long illness.

Kate

This casting for OCPAC is exciting!
Seeing Weese debut in "Serenade" and Woetzel in Stars and Stripes, also Fairchild and Bouder in 'Emeralds" as well as Tess Reichlin in "Rubies." I will be there Wed, Thurs and Friday evenings. Wish I could make it to L.A. as they are performing a few pieces not on the OCPAC programs. But we will be out of town.

This is the longest I remember NYCB performing here in Orange County. I hope that they bring in full houses and do well. It would so great to see this company on a more regular basis on the West Coast. I did notice a poster at the local grocery store advertising 10% discount on NYCB tickets for any week night performance. So those of you who have not gotten seats, it sounds like there is still time to buy with a bit of savings too!

I'm most looking forward to seeing Ashley Bouder again. She was the highlight of the company for me when I saw a few performances in New York this past May; when she's dancing, she dives into the roles with an uninhibited, fearless attack - which makes things exciting and keeps you on edge (in a good way).

But either way, the reps are very good - its a ton of great Balanchine all compressed into a very short period of time.

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