Concert

Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: A Dancer's Dream

Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss and Petrushka

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Cast

New York Philharmonic

Alan Gilbert — Music director, magician

Doug Fitch — Director and designer

Karole Armitage — Choreographer

Edouard Getaz — Video, producer

Giants Are Small — A Production Created by

Clifton Taylor — Lighting

Irina Kruzhilina — Costumes

Matt Acheson — Master puppeteer

Margie Durand — Make-up artist

Kirk Cambridge-Delpeche — Make-up artist

Sara Mearns — Principal Dancer

Amar Ramasar — Principal Dancer, puppeteer

Abbey Roesner — Dancer, chorégraphe assistante

Program notes

A Dancer's Dream is what director/designer Doug Fitch calls an "über Fairy Tale," combining Stravinsky's disparate ballets The Fairy's Kiss and Petrushka to create a new narrative.

The creative team behind Le Grand Macabre and The Cunning Little Vixen (New York Magazine's No. 1 Classical Music Events of 2010 and 2011) returns, this time transforming Avery Fisher Hall into the icy Swiss Alps and a mysterious Russian carnival for A Dancer's Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky.

The New York Philharmonic brings Stravinsky's ballet scores to life, and Giants Are Small whimsically blends music with ballet, puppetry, video projection, circus, theater, and more to conjure a fantastical dream world where a passionate ballerina gets caught up in a blizzard, dodges jugglers, and spars with puppets. Get whisked away with us in this experience you won't soon forget.

This performance was broadcast on medici.tv for the first time on October 27 as part of the I ♥ New York Philharmonic Festival.

Picture: © Chris Lee

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