DANCE

21st Century Choreography II

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 9 & 13, 2023 (continuing through MAY 16)
7:30 PM TUESDAY
2:00 PM SATURDAY

New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
20 Lincoln Center Plaza, Upper West Side, Manhattan

$38-$208
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Let’s be honest: Christopher Wheeldon’s return to abstract non-narrative dance would be more exciting if he were a better choreographer. Still, his new piece set to Schoenberg’s heavily atmospheric (which is not to say overheated) Verklärte Nacht should be worth a half hour of your time (especially now that City Ballet’s orchestra is actually good). May be too soon to tell if Justin Peck’s Times Are Racing (set to Foundational List Artist Dan Deacon) is a classic — but it’s certainly a popular fave. Alysa Pires I honestly don’t know about.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Seems like a good night for Bar Boulud. Or a good afternoon for Épicerie Boulud, as the case may be.