Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival

The Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival returns this summer with UNITE, a one-week celebration of the long bright line of ballet. Creatively directed and co-produced by Calvin Royal III, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, this year's festival brings together a global community of distinguished artists from nine esteemed companies across five continents, spanning four generations, a beautiful array of ethnicities all to share and celebrate our collective humanity through dance.

UNITE also connects the arc of ballet with the best of its present and future artists and master choreographers with works by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine, and Angelin Preljocaj and a selection of contemporary, New York and world-premiere works. Adding to the festival's allure, Royal debuts a self-choreographed solo alongside creations by fellow dancers of American Ballet Theatre, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Boston Ballet, and more.

Program Schedule:

Run Time: One hour and 45 minutes including one intermission

Pas de Quatre (Victor Trevino after Jules Perrot/Cesare Pugni)
Cast: Jonathan Mendez, Walter Battistini, Estefano Gil, Kevin Ortiz Lemus (Dancers of Ballet Eloelle Grandiva)

Catch/Release (My’Kal Stromile/Jerrilyn Patton)
World Premiere
Cast: Tyson Ali Clark, Chyrstyn Fentroy

Excerpt from Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Cast: Sae Eun Park, Paul Marque

Griot (Adji Cissoko/Youba Cissokho)
Cast: Adji Cissoko
Youba Cissokho (kora)

Romeo & Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux (Sir Kenneth MacMillan/Sergei Prokofiev)
Cast: Isabella Boylston, Calvin Royal III
Jacek Mysinski (piano); Kobi Malkin (violin)

Turning to the Light (Zhongjing Fang/Ezio Bosso)
World Premiere
Cast: Luigi Crispino

Dreamachine, Electric Eel (excerpt) (Lauren Lovette/Michael Daugherty)
Cast: Jessica Ferretti, Kenny Corrigan

Valse Masquerade (Brady Farrar/Eric Christian von Fricken)
Cast: Crystal Huang
Jacek Mysinski (piano)

Touché (Christopher Rudd/Woodkid & Ennio Morricone)
Cast: Calvin Royal III, João Menegussi

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