The company has circulated this press release
Pacific Northwest Ballet TOURS TO NEW YORK AS PART OF THE JOYCE THEATER’S FALL/wINTER SEASON
January 5 – 10, 2010
Tue–Wed 7:30pm
Thu–Sat 8pm
Sat–Sun 2pm
SEATTLE, WA — The Joyce Theater has announced that Pacific Northwest Ballet will be coming to New York City with seven performances January 5 – 10, 2010, as part of The Joyce Theater’s fall/winter season. PNB will present the East Coast premieres of two works recently choreographed for the company by Twyla Tharp and Benjamin Millepied; The program will also include works by Marco Goecke and Edwaard Liang. These performances mark Pacific Northwest Ballet’s debut at The Joyce Theatre.
The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, has served the dance community and its audiences since 1982. One of the only theaters built by dancers for dance, The Joyce Theater has provided an intimate and elegant New York home for more than 300 domestic and international companies. The Joyce has also commissioned more than 130 new dances since 1992. In 1996, The Joyce created Joyce SoHo, a dance center providing highly subsidized rehearsal and performance space to hundreds of dance artists. The Joyce Theater now features an annual season of approximately 48 weeks with over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 135,000.
PNB’s program line-up at The Joyce will include:
Opus 111
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Music: Johannes Brahms
Premiere: September 25, 2008; Pacific Northwest Ballet
3 Movements
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied
Music: Steven Reich
Premiere: November 6, 2008; Pacific Northwest Ballet
Mopey
Choreography: Marco Goecke
Music: C.P.E. Bach and The Cramps
Premiere: March 16, 2004; Peter Boal and Company (New York)
PNB Premiere: November 3, 2005
Für Alina
Choreography: Edwaard Liang
Music: Arvo Pärt
Premiere: September 16, 2006; New Ballet Choreographers (New York)
PNB Premiere: March 13, 2008
For more information, visit the < http://www.pnb.org/Press/Releases/2009Joyce_tour.pdf >Joyce Theatre press release.