Untitled - New York City Ballet

PROGRAM
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
Julia and David Koch
This spring marks a major milestone for New York
City Ballet – the 50th anniversary of the opening
of our Philip Johnson-designed home, the David H.
Koch Theater (formerly the New York State Theater),
and of the Company’s residence at Lincoln Center.
GALA CHAIRMEN
Ide and David Dangoor
Carol and Earle Mack
Liz and Jeff Peek
CORPORATE CHAIRMAN
Juan-Carlos Torres, Vacheron Constantin
50TH ANNIVERSARY BOARD
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
NYCB salutes board chairmen and presidents
of the Company and Theater since 1964
Gillian Attfield
Frederick W. Beinecke
Jay S. Fishman
Barry S. Friedberg
Eugene P. Grisanti
David W. Heleniak
Robert I. Lipp
Martin J. Oppenheimer
Gordon B. Pattee
Theodore C. Rogers
Howard Solomon
Alair A. Townsend
John L. Vogelstein
50TH ANNIVERSARY DANCER COMMITTEE
NYCB salutes principal dancers who
performed in the inaugural 1964 season
Jacques d’Amboise
Suzanne Farrell
Jillana
Allegra Kent
Sara Leland
Conrad Ludlow
Kay Mazzo
Patricia McBride
Arthur Mitchell
Mimi Paul
Suki Schorer
Violette Verdy
Edward Villella
Karin von Aroldingen
Patricia Wilde
with Indré and Justin Rockefeller in celebration of Governor Nelson
Rockefeller’s paramount support for the building of the Theater.
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014
DAVID H. KOCH THEATER, LINCOLN CENTER
5:30 pm ~ Cocktails
7:00 pm ~ Performance
9:00 pm ~ Black and White Supper Ball
Black and White Formal Attire
Response card enclosed
212.870.5585
The special gala performance will both commemorate
the past, with highlights from the theater’s inaugural
performance in 1964, and herald the future with a
world premiere ballet. Included will be an excerpt
from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved
score for Carousel in honor of Richard Rodgers'
Musical Theater of Lincoln Center which was one
of the theater’s original resident companies. The
evening will also include a short film retrospective
showcasing highlights from our first 50 years at
Lincoln Center, as well as a special onstage tribute
to some of NYCB’s former principal dancers, all of
whom were members of the Company during the
theater’s inaugural season in 1964.
FANFARE FOR A NEW THEATER
Music by Igor Stravinsky
ALLEGRO BRILLANTE
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
EXCERPT FROM CAROUSEL
Music by Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
NEW BALLET
(World Premiere)
Music by Sufjan Stevens
Choreography by Justin Peck
G E N E R O U S LY S P O N S O R E D B Y
Opening Night of the New York State Theater in 1964 © Guy Gillette
Governor Nelson Rockefeller and his wife arriving at Opening Night © Guy Gillette
Performance photo by Henry Leutwyler © 2012