Juilliard Dances Repertory Features Les Noces By Bronislava Nijinska, Skara Brae By Eliot Feld, And Grand Duo By Mark Morris March 23, 2011

Juilliard Dances Repertory presents works by acclaimed choreographers Bronislava Nijinska, Eliot Feld, and Mark Morris in five performances, March 23 – 27, 2011 in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater (155 West 65th Street, NYC). Performances take place on Wednesday, March 23, Thursday, March 24, Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26, at 8 PM, with a matinee at 3 PM on Sunday, March 27 in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater (155 West 65th Street).

Juilliard dancers perform Les Noces (The Wedding), a ballet in one act set to music by
Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by the legendary Bronislava Nijinska. The work, which hasn’t been seen in New York City in a long time, is staged by former Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancer
Howard Sayette, with the original set and costumes by Nathalie Goncharova. It features 34 Juilliard dancers. Stravinsky began the work on Les Noces in 1913 and completed it in 1917. The music is scored for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass soloists, mixed chorus and pitched percussion instruments including four pianos and unpitched percussion. The ballet had its premiere on June 13, 1923 by the Ballets Russes. The ballet is about a Russian wedding and is in four scenes: The Blessing of the Bride, The Blessing of the Bridegroom, The Bride’s Departure from her Parents’ House, and The Wedding Feast. It is considered to be one of Nijinska’s most successful works and has been revived many times.

Skara Brae, set to traditional Irish, Scottish, and Breton music, is choreographed by Eliot Feld. It was premiered on October 11, 1986 by the Feld Ballet at the Joyce Theater in New York City. Skara Brae is staged by Patrice Hemsworth with costume design by Willa Kim and original lighting design by
Allan Lee Hughes. It features 19 Juilliard dancers.

Mark Morris’ Grand Duo, set to Lou Harrison’s Grand Duo for Violin and Piano and performed live by Juilliard musicians, violinist Francisco Garcia-Fullana and pianist Sean Chen, is staged by Joe Bowie and features 14 Juilliard dancers.

Tickets for Juilliard Dances Repertory at $30 will be available beginning February 16 through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or at the Janet and Leonard Kramer Box Office at Juilliard. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 6 PM. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu.