Broadway on Stage with Legendary Choreographers! This captivating program brings legendary choreographers Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon paired with beloved musical scores that will stir the soul. From the theatrical West Side Story Suite to the heart-warming Carousel (A Dance) and mesmerizing gems of Antique Epigraphs and After the Rain Pas de Deux, comes a diverse evening of dance.  

Carousel by Christopher Wheeldon is a lyrical and emotionally rich modern ballet inspired by the motion and spirit of a carousel, blending fluid choreography with musicality to evoke nostalgia, romance, and the passage of time.

Carousel, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, is a refined and expressive modern ballet that explores themes of memory, movement, and human connection. Drawing inspiration from the circular motion of a carousel, the choreography unfolds in continuous, flowing patterns that suggest cycles of life, love, and change.

Wheeldon’s signature style—known for its musical sensitivity, sculptural partnering, and emotional clarity—shapes the ballet’s atmosphere. The dancers move through sweeping ensemble passages and intimate duets, creating a balance between collective motion and personal expression. Moments of lightness and playfulness alternate with quieter, more introspective sections, giving the work emotional depth.

With its elegant structure and evocative movement language, Carousel offers audiences a contemplative and visually captivating experience. The ballet invites viewers to reflect on the beauty of repetition, the fleeting nature of time, and the connections that bind people together, making it a timeless work within the contemporary ballet repertoire.

An all-female cast performs this dramatic and introspective piece, alluding to the earthy fervor and sculptural forms of Greek antiquity.

The first six sections of Antique Epigraphs are set to an orchestrated version of Six Epigraphes Antiques, music originally written as accompaniment for the prose poetry of Pierre Louÿs' Chanson de Bilitis, supposed translations of newly discovered autobiographical poetry of Sappho. The seventh section of the ballet is danced to Syrinx, a melody for unaccompanied flute.

Full of heartfelt emotion, this simple yet stirring pas de deux leaves audiences in silent awe.

Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain premiered in 2005 at NYCB’s annual New Combinations Evening, which honors the anniversary of George Balanchine’s birth with world premiere ballets. A ballet in two parts, the first section is set to Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa, and features three couples. For the second section, only one couple returns, and performs a haunting pas de deux set to Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel. Originally performed by Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto, this was the last ballet Wheeldon created for Soto, before Soto retired from dancing in June of 2005.

A modern love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story Suite brings audiences to the feuding streets of 1950s New York City with its crackling energy and heart-rending poignancy.

West Side Story took Broadway by storm in 1957, when it ushered in a new era in musical theater. Jerome Robbins had the idea to update Romeo and Juliet, setting it in modern-day New York, and he engaged composer Leonard Bernstein, playwright Arthur Laurents, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim as collaborators. The musical played for two years on Broadway, then toured the U.S. and ran for nearly three years in London, and has since been staged in cities around the world. The movie followed in 1961, winning 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (for co-directors Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins), as well as a special award presented to Robbins for his choreography. In 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway opened at the Imperial Theater in New York. Included in the retrospective of Robbins’ musical theater work was a suite of dances from West Side Story, which the choreographer re-staged at New York City Ballet in 1995.