Official Twitter account of Musicians of New York City Ballet
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Join us for a special performance in-park on Earth Day! On April 22, the Bronx Zoo will present a live concert of “Carnival of the Animals” by Saint-Saens featuring @BalletOrchestra & dancers of the NYC Ballet, in addition to encores of “Flight of the Bumble Bee” & “Tunis Nefta"
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
28 Sep 2020
We're pleased to share that City Ballet The Podcast is back with a new season. The first episode revisits our Hear the Dance on Symphony in C, with an excerpt from the Balanchine ballet performed by @BalletOrchestra introduced by @andrewlitton_. Tune in: podcast.nycballet.com
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
14 Jul 2020
@nycballet funny about paying homage to those resident musical organizations @SPACsaratoga . I could have sworn I played in one of them, namely the NYCBO @BalletOrchestra . Have I been forgotten about?
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
14 Jul 2020
Please join us tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7PM Eastern for a live-stream NYCBallet fundraiser!! Here we are rehearsing Trout Quintet which will feature Stefan Jackiw, Katharina Kang, Eugene Moye and Ron Wasserman! Oh, and me too!! @nycballet
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
27 May 2019
This week we bid goodbye to the 18/19 season with our final ballet, Balanchine's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Get to know Shakespeare's beloved characters as they find themselves on an enchanted journey.
See it MAY 28-JUN 2: nycballet.com/midsummer
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
12 May 2019
“A good orchestrator brings the musical ideas to life, and also brings them to reality,” Sufjan Stevens says, explaining how his score for Justin Peck's Principia came to be.
Learn more about his journey making the music for their latest collaboration: nycballet.com/principiascore
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
2 Feb 2019
What goes into making a ballet score? We talked to composer Sufjan Stevens (of @asthmatickitty), orchestrator @timoandres, and conductor Daniel Capps about creating the music for Justin Peck’s Principia.
Learn how the score came to life: nycballet.com/principiascore
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
21 Nov 2018
The Nutcracker is just around the corner. Here at Lincoln Center, all the creatures are stirring, especially a mouse.
Catch George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® NOV 23 to DEC 30. For tickets and info: nycballet.com/nutcracker
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
31 Oct 2018
Merde to all our friends at @MiamiCityBallet, #mariinskyballet, @TheRoyalBallet and our own dancers kicking off @nycitycenter's Balanchine fest tonight, and to those dancing later this week: @joffreyballet, @MiamiCityBallet, @BalletOParis, @ABTBallet and @sfballet.
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
26 Oct 2018
We're looking forward to joining @MiamiCityBallet, #mariinskyballet, @TheRoyalBallet, @sfballet, @BalletOParis, @joffreyballet, and @ABTBallet for this upcoming celebration of #Balanchine's choreography created in our early years at @NYCityCenter.
26 Oct 2018
When City Center was George Balanchine's house: Four New York City Ballet dancers talk about roles they performed before the company took up residence at Lincoln Center nyti.ms/2D6clyM
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
25 Sep 2018
Fall dance picks from @nytimesarts include the return of William Forsythe's complete Herman Schmerman during winter programming and the Balanchine festival, featuring NYCB and a host of other companies @nycitycenter in October.
14 Sep 2018
What to see in dance this fall? Our critics pick some highlights, including "William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects" in Boston and a Will Rawls-Claudia Rankine collaboration at Danspace. nyti.ms/2OfcxO3
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
18 Sep 2018
We're breaking out our best emeralds, rubies, and diamonds tonight for the opening of the 18/19 Season. George Balanchine's Jewels is back for just six performances only. See it SEPT 18–25: nycballet.com/jewels.
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
10 Sep 2018
Listen to the piece that perfectly complements the opulence of George Balanchine's Diamonds: Tschaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 performed by @lennybernstein and @nyphil. Jewels opens fall performances SEPT 18: nycballet.com/fall.
goo.gl/ey59oP
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
3 Sep 2018
This #musicmonday, enjoy @BalletOrchestra's performance of Gabriel Faure's "Pelleas er Melisande" & "Shylock," which scores George Balanchine's grand Emeralds, part of the full-length Jewels.
See Jewels beginning SEPT 18: nycballet.com/fall.
open.spotify.com/album/6fDBG…
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Happy 100 birthday Bernstein! All of us @nycballet sure miss you but are thankful for all of your great offerings to the arts and culture of NY and the world. #LennyCentenny
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
25 Aug 2018
🎶Youngest conductor ever to lead the New York Philharmonic
✍️Composed classic Broadway scores like “West Side Story”
🌎First U.S. maestro to gain international renown
Happy 100th Birthday, Leonard Bernstein! Watch the full video #GoogleDoodle → goo.gl/3Xbj9S
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
23 Aug 2018
To mark the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, @nytimes writers have come together to focus on key moments in his career, to interview musicians he led, to praise his conducting style, and to offer suggestions for further listening nyti.ms/2ws3nGr
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
19 Aug 2018
Stravinsky Violin Concerto is a plotless ballet that features four movements with drastically different energies, from tender and romantic to a high-energy bacchanal. See it next spring on the All Balanchine program: nycballet.com/spring.
youtube.com/watch?v=RdMUw3bT…
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
11 Aug 2018
In Spring 2019, Justin Peck and George Balanchine will split a ballet program featuring their boldest works: Peck's The Times Are Racing and Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements, plus a new Peck/Sufjan Stevens collaboration, premiering Winter 2019: nycballet.com/1819.
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Musicians of New York City Ballet retweeted
29 Jul 2018
#BalletFact: John Adams' "Fearful Symmetries" inspired the NYCB ballet of the same name. Enjoy this piece of YouTube magic, where John Adams meets Buster Keaton, before the ballet hits the stage this fall: nycballet.com/season1819.
youtu.be/CanQVMNslE0
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