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The Times Are Racing is a one-act ballet by Justin Peck, to "USA I-IV" from Dan Deacon's album America, with costumes designed by Humberto Leon from the fashion label Opening Ceremony and lighting design by Brandon Stirling Baker. [1] It premiered on January 26, 2017 at the David H. Koch Theater, danced by the New York City Ballet. [2] [3]
She started ballet at age six, [4] and at age fourteen, she started training with Maria Tallchief, [2] and performed with Tallchief's company, Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet. [3] In 1975, a teenage Alexopoulos was chosen by George Balanchine to perform the role of a child with the New York City Ballet .
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company.
In Creases is a ballet choreographed by Justin Peck, his first for the New York City Ballet, to Philip Glass' "Four Movements for Two Pianos". The ballet premiered on July 14, 2012, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, during the company's annual season there, and had its New York City premiere on May 29, 2013.
The Auditorium Theatre played a critical role in Chicago being named host for 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Local civic leaders in Chicago were vying with those in St. Louis, New York City, and Washington to host a fair that could reestablish Chicago as a destination for travel and commerce. [8]
At age 14, he entered the Chicago Academy for the Arts. When he was 18, in 1997, he moved to New York City to train at the School of American Ballet full-time, having previously attended two summer intensives there. In 1999, prior to his graduation, he originated a featured role in Christopher Wheeldon's Scènes de ballet. [1]
He became a dancer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1949, soon becoming lead dancer, or premier danseur. [1] He left the company in 1960. [1] He was later a dancer for the Mia Slavenska Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Radio City Music Hall. [1] He established the Pacific Ballet Academy in San Francisco, California. [1]
Ashley retired from the New York City Ballet in 1997, shortly before she turned 47, after 30 years of dancing. [5] She was the longest-serving dancer at New York City Ballet at the time. [ 4 ] She remained in the company as a teaching associate until 2008, then went freelance to coach Balanchine ballets in other companies.