Spring Series

NYB’s 2025 Spring Series, Ethereal Space, will be presented at the J. Everett Collins Center of the Performing Arts, in Andover, MA. The program will begin with All That Is, created by NYB’s resident choreographer, Joseph Jefferies, and set to the beautiful music of Tomaso Albinoni. NYB premiered All That Is in Raray, France in 2015 to rave reviews. The contemporary ballet deals with themes of gaining empathy and learning how to forgive. The movement phrases contain references to some intensely personal episodes in the choreographer's life but the journey taken by the dancers in the piece is universal to the realm of humanity.

 

Closing the first half of the program is Ebb and Flow, created by NSB’s resident contemporary choregrapher, Jeremy Ruth Howes, inspired by the realm of flow when you allow yourself to calm down and drift away into a deep and soothing state of mind. It is what she hopes the audience can do as they watch the artists. Opening the second half of the program is Carmella Tomeny’s, Celestial. It explores the realm of space through a neoclassical ballet movement vocabulary. We are excited to welcome this piece by Tomeny back to the stage after its debut in 2017.

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Renowned choreographer and Bonnefoux McBride Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance, Sasha Janes has generously offered to share his work with NYB and we look forward to welcoming him in the spring to set a pas de deux on our guest alumni. It is always a thrill to have new choreographers work with us and to bring NSB alumni back to share their love of dance! 

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The program will conclude in the ethereal realm with the beloved Swan Lake (Act II), choreography by Marius Petipa and coached by artistic director, Denise Cecere. It has been more than 100 years since the premiere of Swan Lake and yet it remains arguably the most popular classical ballet of all time. Act II highlights the demanding precision of the corps de ballet and showcases the delicate beauty of their Queen, Odette. The haunting score by Tchaikovsky provides a dramatic backdrop to the unfolding story of love, betrayal, and loss. Join us and be transported through a portal of art on March 8 and 9th, 2025!