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New York City Center To Host American Ballet Theater In October

The American Ballet Theatre will be performing at the City Center in New York in Oct. 18 to Oct. 20 where they will offer patrons multiple shows on the evening.

On Oct. 18 the ballet company will be displaying a complete work of Antony Tudor, "The Leaves Are Fading," with principal dancers Hee Seo and Roberto Bolle on show.

An "Alexei Ratmansky World Premiere," is on the cards for viewers on the same night. The cast for that evening will include Polina Semionova, Marcelo Gomes, Herman Cornejo, Simone Messmer and Craig Salstein.

The other show in the works on the night will be Agnes De Mille "Rodeo," that will include star Marian Butler, Craig Salstein, Roman Zhurbin and Lauren Post.

A double bill is on offer is set for Oct. 19 with shows on at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The 2 o'clock show will feature Tudor's "The Leaves Are Fading," with changes made Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes in for Hee Seo and Bolle.

Jose Limon will offer his "The Moor's Pavane," at the 2 p.m. show and will feature Roman Zhurbin, Thomas Forster, Simone Messimer and Xiomara Reyes. The final show on the night will be "In the Upper Room," by Twyla Tharp and will feature the dance company.

The 7:30 show will have four ballets on show first of which will be "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," by Mark Morris and will have the dance company perorming his work.

"Pas de Deux from Stars and Stripes," by George Balanchine will be next and he will call on Sarah Land and Daniil Simkin to perform. The other piece entitled "Pas de Deux The Leaves Are Fading," sees Antony Tudor once again and he will call on Xiomara Reyes and Cory Stearns to dance.

"Alexei Ratmansky World Premiere," is the final work on offer on the night. Veronika Part, Roberto Bolle, Jared Matthews, Stella Abrera and Sascha Radetsky will perform this ballet.

On Oct. 20 will have two shows at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and will feature "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," by Mark Morris and he will call on the company to perform.

"Alexei Ratmansky World Premiere," will be showed with Semionova, Gomes, Cornejo, Messmer and Salastein performing. "Rodeo," is back and will see Xiomara Reyes, Sascha Radtesky, Jared Matthews and Kelley Boyd in play.

Another rendition of "Alexei Ratmansky World Premier," is on viewing then with Part, Bolle, Matthews, Abrera and Radtesky perfroming in the piece this for the 8 o'clock show.

Jose Limon's, "The Moor's Pavane," will be on offer after the prior ballet and will feature Gomes, Stearns, Part and Kent.

The final ballet will be Twyla Tharp "In the Upper Room," performed by the company.

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