Spring Ballet

Pas de Dix
George Balanchine

This dance for 10 includes solos, two pas de deux, a duet for two women, and a quartet for four men, concluding with virtuoso movement for ballerina to excerpts from Alexander Glazunov’s Raymonda ballet score. Balanchine danced in Marius Petipa’s original production of Raymonda at Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre, seeding his eventual creation of this work.

TBA

World Premiere
Sasha Janes

True to his unique vision, this world premiere by Jacobs professor Sasha Janes will push the boundaries of classical ballet technique and partnering in the contemporary style—while big band rhythms brought to the stage by an ensemble from our own Jazz Studies Department set the playful tone for this full-company ballet.