New York Public Library for the Performing Arts – Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Dance Historian Is In: Marina Harss on Alexei Ratmansky—Early Days
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesMarina Hass discusses Alexei Ratmansky. Alexei Ratmansky, former director of the Bolshoi, recently choreographer in residence at American Ballet Theatre, and current choreographer in residence at New York City Ballet, is one of the most important ballet choreographers working today. In her recent book The Boy from Kyiv, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Marina...
From the Horse’s Mouth: 25 Years of Dancing and Telling Tales
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesScreening of selections from the documentary From the Horse's Mouth and a panel discussion of dance artists. From the Horse's Mouth combines dance and theater to tell stories of dancers and dancing. This series of productions is a celebratory multi-disciplinary dance and theater production in which 20-25 performers ranging from dancers, choreographers, and dance professionals...
Silent Clowns: What Happened to Jones? (1926) with Reginald Denny
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Silent Clowns Film Series, showcasing silent rare and overlooked films from the 1920s with live piano accompaniment. Reginald Denny was the most popular of the “light comedians” of the silent screen. In a series of expertly-made farces for Universal Pictures, the British-born Denny starred as an All-American everyman always embroiled in a myriad of...
Novella Nelson and the Black Arts Movement in the Lower East Side
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesCelebrate the work of actor, singer, poet, and director Novella Nelson and her impact on the Black Arts Movement in the East Village. Although the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ‘70s is often understood as being centered in Harlem, a number of prominent Black artists of the mid-20th century were firmly based in...
50 Years of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo celebrates its 50th anniversary with discussion, archival footage and live performance. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo celebrates its 50th anniversary with a peek into the archives of the world’s foremost gender-skewering comic ballet company. Artistic Director Tory Dobrin and Ballet Master Raffaele Morra discuss how the company has...
The Dance Historian Is In: Diana Byer and Jane Pritchard
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesDiana Byer and Jane Pritchard speak on the careers of Frederick Ashton, Antony Tucker, and Agnes de Mille. For this Dance Historian Is In, Jane Pritchard and Diana Byer look at the early careers of Frederick Ashton, Antony Tudor and Agnes de Mille in the 1930s when they were based at the Mercury Theatre in...
Trio Fadolín: Heirlooms
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Trio Fadolín ensemble performs music from Eastern Europe, including the premiere of work by Ukrainian composer, Yehiel Goyzman. Trio Fadolín is an ensemble with a unique repertoire and sonority, featuring the fadolín—an instrument that encompasses the range of the violin, viola, and most of the cello—finding its footing in chamber music for the first...
Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Josephine
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPlaywright and actor Kirya Traber joins the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for a journey through the life of Josephine Baker.Journey through the life of Josephine Baker with Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Josephine, a wind quartet dedicated to the iconic entertainer and her legacy. Playwright and actor Kirya Traber joins the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for...
Celebrating 90 Years of the School of American Ballet
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA moderated discussion with early SAB students featuring stories, demonstrations, and insight into Balanchine’s training.Who were the famous Russian teachers of the School of American Ballet (SAB) and what were their classes like? In this moderated discussion, we feature stories and memories from early SAB students, including Kay Mazzo, Barbara Walczak, and Nancy Reynolds, live...
Get to Know Composer, Lyricist, and Writer Zoe Sarnak
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesNew musical theater writer Zoe Sarnak previews upcoming work and discusses the journey that her shows have taken from the page to the stage.Zoe Sarnak is an award-winning composer and lyricist. After developing work with many notable institutions including the Guggenheim, Second Stage Theater and WP Theater, Sarnak bursts onto the New York scene this...
Silent Clowns: Constance Talmadge, The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Silent Clowns Film Series, showcasing silent rare and overlooked films from the 1920s with live piano accompaniment.After starting her career as a teenager at Brooklyn’s Vitagraph Studio, Constance Talmadge became one of the most popular comediennes of her day in starring features such as Dulcy (1923), Her Sister from Paris(1925), and this program’s deftly-played...
Revelation: The Ivalas Quartet Performs Music by Women Composers
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Ivalas Quartet Performs Music by Women Composers.The Ivalas Quartet, the Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School, performs rarely heard music by women composers, some of which has not been played in 100 years. This program will highlight some of the Music and Recorded Sound Division scores recently cataloged through the generous donation...