American Ballet Theatre: 20th Century Works – Balanchine & Ashton

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 44 (part of "Ballet Imperial")
Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (part of "The Dream")

George Balanchine's Ballet Imperial, like his Theme and Variations, evokes the era of Russia's Imperial Ballet with its grandeur and elegance.

There is, perhaps, no happier ode to the illusory nature of love than Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Frederick Ashton's beguiling retelling of this comedy of errors is set in the magical woods of Victorian England to a spellbinding score by Felix Mendelssohn.

Runs Oct. 21-26.

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