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The History of Ballet Tech

What began as a professional ballet company grew into a robust, one-of-a-kind school that provides New York City public school children with a world-class and tuition-free dance education.

With a legacy of innovation, inclusion, and artistry, Ballet Tech aims to leave a lasting impact on the next generation of dancers that will inspire them throughout their lives. Scroll down to learn about the rich history of Ballet Tech, from the story of its founding in 1974 through years of transformation as it grew into the school it is today.

A student works at a desk in a classroom, writing with a pencil in his binder, his expression focused in concentration.
Black and white photo of dancer Ha Chi Yu, dancing in a silky white top and ballet shoes. She balances on one leg.

The Founding of The Eliot Feld Ballet

Eliot Feld founds his second professional ballet company, then known as The Eliot Feld Ballet, under the corporate name of Original Ballets Foundation Inc. For 30 years, the company presents semiannual performance seasons in New York and tours extensively across the U.S. and abroad. Over time, the company changes its name several times:

Eliot Feld Ballet: 1974 to Spring 1978

Feld Ballet: Fall 1978 to Summer 1989

Feld Ballets/NY: Spring 1990 to Summer 1996

Ballet Tech (company): Summer 1996 to Spring 2003

A black and white photo of Eliot Feld and his company dancers. They wear t-shirts with block lettering that spell out "The Best Ballet Company in the US."

Tzaddik is broadcast by WGBH’s Dance For Camera

Black and white photo of a performance of Eliot Feld's "Tzaddik." Three male dancers perform on stage. One reaches forward in a pique arabesque while the other two crouch behind him, holding their palms in front of their faces.

May 28, 1974

The first performances by The Eliot Feld Ballet are at the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Newman Theater.

A black and white photo of Eliot Feld and his company dancers, posing together in front of a sign that reads "New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater."
A black and white close up image of Eliot Feld, with two ballet dancers partnering in the background.

April 28, 1976

Mr. Feld is awarded the Brandeis University Creative Arts Award

Spring/Summer 1976

The Eliot Feld Ballet tours Central and South America for nine weeks, sponsored by the State Department and in celebration of the U.S. bicentennial.

A black and white photo of Eliot Feld's Ballet Company posing with President Echeverria and Ambassador Jova at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
A black and white photo of of dancer Birgit Keil. She stands on stage in pointe shoes, with one leg crossed over the other, her hand gracefully posed behind her head as she gazes upward.

October 1976

Birgit Keil dances in the world premiere of Mr. Feld’s solo piece Impromptu.

Eliot Feld discovers 890 Broadway

In need of a permanent home for his company, Mr. Feld, together with Cora Cahan, finds an ideal space at 890 Broadway in Manhattan. Fifteen-foot ceilings and column-free interiors make the space especially suitable for the performing arts. Ballet Tech rents and renovates the 8th floor, becoming the building’s first artistic tenant.

Eliot Feld discovers 890 Broadway

Variations on ‘America’ premieres

Mr. Feld's Variations on ‘America’ - a pas de deux for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Christine Sarry - has its premiere performances. This is the first of four ballets choreographed by Mr. Feld for Mr. Baryshnikov. The others are Tongue And Groove (1995), Mr. XYZ (2003), and Yazoo (2004).

Two dancers performing Eliot Feld's "Variations on America" partner each other on stage. The woman balances in a seated perch on the mans back. They wear red, white, and blue costumes with stars and stripes, and gesture theatrically towards the audience.

Michael Bennett purchases 890 Broadway

Michael Bennett, the American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer, buys 890 Broadway. He converts much of the building into rehearsal studios and workspaces for costume makers and designers, and rents the second and third floors to American Ballet Theatre.

The school is founded

After seeing exhuberant school children on the subway, Mr. Feld founds a school. Its goal is to provide all children in New York City’s public schools an introduction to dance and access to a rigorous, pre-professional training program, tuition-free. It is called The New Ballet School until 1996, when its name changes to Ballet Tech. In its first year, 138 students from 8 elementary schools are bused to Ballet Tech’s studios at 890 Broadway for beginner ballet classes. In subsequent years, Ballet Tech adds classes for intermediate and advanced students.

In the years since its founding, nearly 1,000,000 elementary school children in all five boroughs have participated in Ballet Tech’s citywide audition program or in Ballet Tech Across New York. More than 25,000 children have enrolled in classes. In addition to performing with Ballet Tech, alumni have danced with distinguished companies such as A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Charlotte Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Limón Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and on Broadway. Students rank in the top percentiles on standardized exams and alumni have enrolled at leading colleges and universities including Brandeis, Brown, Cornell, Juilliard, Purchase College, and Skidmore.

The school is founded

Joanne Woodward interviews Eliot Feld for the TV program “Spotlight on Dance.”

A black and white photo of Eliot Feld and Joanne Woodward, sitting next to each other while they watch young students in a ballet class.

WNET’s Dance In America broadcast features several works by the Feld Ballet.

WNET’s Dance In America broadcast features several works by the Feld Ballet.

January 2, 1979

Papillon premieres

Eliot Feld’s re-interpretation of Papillon debuts at Artpark (in Lewiston NY), with nine students from The New Ballet School featured “as quivering offspring of Gloria Brisbin, a mama butterfly who protects them from the wicked spider.” (One of those baby butterflies, Jilian Cahan Gersten, grew up to be a Ballet Tech Board member!)

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Papillon premieres

The company made its European debut at the Festival International de Danse in Paris.

The first page of a program for a Feld Ballet performance at the Champs-Elysses Theater written in French, with a sketch of a dancing figure. It includes the names of the dancers and entire production team.
The second page of a program for a Feld Ballet performance at the Champs-Elysses Theater written in French. It includes the pieces "Intermezzo," "Harbinger," "The Gods Amused," "Half Time," and "L'histoire du Soldat."

Ballet Tech purchases The Joyce Theater

What had been the Elgin Theater is purchased by Ballet Tech for $225K. Over the next few years, BT creates a separate non-profit (the Joyce Theater Foundation) and transforms the former movie house into the dance theater for small to medium sized dance companies that it is today.

A man stands at a podium speaking to a crowd of audience members.

The School is designated one of four national projects by the United States Department of Education's Office of the Gifted and Talented.

Cover for the grant proposal for The New Ballet School for the Model Project for the Gifted and Talented, dated September 5, 1979.
A typewritten letter from Daniel Patrick Moynihan to the NY Secretary of Education advocating for grant funds for Eliot Feld's New Ballet School.

Mr. Feld testifies before the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts. His historic remarks have come to be known as “The Submarine Speech.”

A handwritten draft of Eliot Feld's "Submarine Speech" from 1981.
A handwritten draft of Eliot Feld's "Submarine Speech" from 1981.

Students of The New Ballet School are featured in the Channel 13 (PBS) program “SummerCast/Live.”

June 1982

The Joyce Theater opens

Over time, The Joyce Theater becomes one of the foremost presenters of dance companies, providing performance opportunities to practitioners of many genres and styles and hosting Ballet Tech’s Kids Dance annually. (The Joyce Theater Foundation purchased The Joyce Theater from Ballet Tech in 2015.)

The Joyce Theater opens

Eliot Feld and The New Ballet School are featured on “American Story” with Bob Dotson, on NBC’s “Today Show.”

10th Anniversary of Feld Ballet

The Feld Ballet celebrates its 10th Anniversary.

Mr. Feld choreographs a solo for ice skater John Curry. Moon Skate premieres at part of the John Curry Skating Company's season at the Metropolitan Opera House

Feld choreographs the first four of fifteen ballets to the music of Steve Reich

Photo of Aurora I
Aurora I 1985
Aurora II 1985
Medium: Rare 1985
The Grand Canon 1985
Bent Planes 1986
Echo 1986
Kore 1988
Clave 1991
Ion 1991
Chi 1995
Tongue And Groove 1995
A Stair Dance 2004
Proverb 2004
Sir Isaac’s Apples 2005
Isis In Transit 2008

The school receives a Schools and Culture Award

The Schools and Culture Award, co-sponsored by the Alliance for the Arts and the New York City Commission for Cultural Affairs, was given to The New Ballet School.

The school receives a Schools and Culture Award

890 Broadway is saved from commercial development

Ballet Tech Foundation, together with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), and with help from Lawrence A. Wien, purchases 890 Broadway, saving it from commercial development. In addition to Ballet Tech and ABT, 890 Broadway is home to Gibney Dance, which provides affordable rental space to independent choreographers and small dance companies. Broadway, off-Broadway, and national tour companies rent additional studio space when it is available.

Summer 1986

The National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs (NY) exhibits costumes from Mr. Feld’s Half Time.

Scan of a newspaper clipping with a photo of the costume exhibit for Miss Liberty and Featured Man, two characters from Eliot Feld's "Half Time."
Dancers in red, white, and blue costumes with stars and stripes hold white pom-poms while performing Eliot Feld's "Half Time." Stars are projected onto the scrim behind the dancers.
A dancer wearing a red, white, and blue leotard with stars and a Statue of Liberty crown performs Eliot Feld's "Half Time" on stage. Four dancers stand in a line behind her, holding red, white, and blue pom-poms that cover their faces.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Eliot Feld, and Cora Cahan speak at the NEA Challenge Grant Ceremony where ABT and Feld Ballets/NY receive a large grant to secure financial support for the future of 890 Broadway.

A black and white photo of Mikhail Baryshnikov speaking into a microphone.
A black and white photo of Eliot Feld speaking into a microphone.
A black and white photo of Cora Cahan speaking into a microphone.
Scan of a playbill with text and photos of the unveiling of 890 Broadway.

April 1988

The Unanswered Question

Mr. Feld’s ballet, The Unanswered Question, has its world premiere at the New York City Ballet. The cast includes Damien Woetzel, as well as two Feld Ballet dancers.

The Unanswered Question

Feld Ballets/NY and The New Ballet School are featured in the documentary From Discipline to Magic.

Mr. Feld receives the Dance Magazine Award

1990-1997

Mr. Feld serves on the Special Honors (Artists’) Advisory Committee for the Kennedy Center Awards.

Eliot Feld shakes hands with Bill Clinton in the White House, with Hillary Clinton and Judith Friedlander in the background.

Mr. Feld receives an Honorary Doctorate degree from The Juilliard School.

Eliot Feld and others pose in graduation robes.

Mr. Feld’s Endsong premieres without music, due to copyright dispute with the family of composer Richard Strauss.

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A man and a woman dancer wrap themselves around each other gracefully, in performance of Eliot Feld's "Endsong."

Eliot Feld choreographs his first student ballet

Mr. Feld choreographs Hello Fancy for his school's students, the first of many ballets choreographed for the students. It is still performed frequently.

A group of young male dancers on stage wear white leotards with black leggings and white ballet shoes. They strike a lunging pose in unison, holding one arm curved in front of them and looking upwards. They are performing Eliot Feld's "Hello Fancy."

Feld Ballets/NY and The New Ballet School perform in “Come to the Cabaret,” a gala benefit for 890 Broadway, now called the Lawrence A. Wien Center for Dance and Theater, co-chaired by Joel Grey and Liza Minelli and featuring dance and Broadway luminaries such as Betty Buckley, Savion Glover, and Gregory Hines.

Scan of a fundraiser flier that reads "Come to the Cabaret" in bold block lettering. There are cartoonish images of dancers, acrobats, musicians, and painters spread line by line across the page. At the bottom there is a sketch of the front of the building at 890 Broadway.
Program for "Come to the Cabaret" fundraiser performance at The Lawrence A. Wien Center for Dance and Theater.

April 25, 1993

The New Ballet School is featured on CBS Sunday Morning

CBS Sunday Morning runs a feature on The New Ballet School.

Young ballet dancers in a studio stand with their teacher watching a video of a dance performance on a small television screen.

Eliot Feld forms the Kids Dance performing troupe

Mr. Feld choreographs a second ballet for the school, 23 Skidoo, and dubs the school’s performing troupe Kids Dance. Beginning in 1994, Kids Dance performs occasional weekend matinees during the professional company’s New York seasons. Beginning in June 2013, Kids Dance makes annual week-long appearances at the Joyce Theater.

Eliot Feld shows a group of dancers how to bow. The dancers walk in a line holding hands, standing in costume behind him on stage at The Joyce Theater.

Mr. Feld is interviewed by Deborah Jowitt for the 92nd Street Y’s “Breaking Ground” choreographer series.

1995-1996

The Harkness Center for Dance conducts a (medical) research study on Feld Ballet dancers.

Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov host a Gala in celebration of The New Ballet School with Feld Ballets/NY.

Fall 1995

The New York City Public School for Dance opens

Ballet Tech begins a unique partnership with the NYC Department of Education and opens the New York City Public School for Dance. By adding academic classrooms to its space at 890 Broadway, Ballet Tech makes it possible for students to pursue both their academic and dance studies under one roof.

A group of students in a classroom work at a large desk, slightly smiling.
A student wearing a striped shirt writes at his desk.
A student works at a desk in a classroom, writing with a pencil in his binder, his expression focused in concentration.
A group of students in a classroom work at their desks, focused on the lesson.

The first graduating class of the Ballet Tech school includes four dancers - Rachel Alvarado, Jason Jordan, Patricia Tuthill, and Margaux Zadikian - who had all danced with the Feld Ballets/NY company while attending school, and who continued to dance with the company after graduation.

Black and white photo of Eliot Feld's "Paper Tiger." The dancers wear clownish costumes. They hug their legs to their torsos, do handstands, and pick each other up.

January 2, 1996

The New Ballet School becomes Ballet Tech

The school’s name is changed to Ballet Tech.

The New Ballet School becomes Ballet Tech

Feld Ballets/NY and Kids Dance perform at Jacob’s Pillow.

Excerpt of Yo Shakespeare

Students in dancewear and warmups pose together outside of the Ted Shawn Theater at Jacobs Pillow.
Students in dancewear and warmups practice plies in the center in a dance studio at Jacobs Pillow.
Students in colorful leotards and leggings perform Eliot Feld's "The Jig Is Up." They are coupled up in partners, dancing together while holding hands.

Fall 1997

Ballet Tech premieres two Feld ballets commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The Last Sonata and Yo Johann

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Black and white photo of Jason Jordan and Jassen Virolas partnering each other. Virolas lunges and lifts Jordan on his back. Jordan balances and leans his body sideways, extending his leg to the side, and looking upwards in a graceful pose.

Spring 1997

The organization is renamed Ballet Tech Foundation Inc

The organization name changes to Ballet Tech Foundation Inc., and the school and company come to be known as Ballet Tech. During the first Ballet Tech season at The Joyce, in Spring 1997, all of the dancers in the company had been trained at the school.

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The organization is renamed Ballet Tech Foundation Inc

Ballet Tech forgoes a summer season at the Joyce. Instead, Mr. Feld choreographs On The Town for the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte. Six of the dancers (Rachel Alvarado, Nickemil Concepcion, Darren Gibson, Patricia Tuthill, Jassen Virolas, and Margaux Zadikian) in this production were trained at Ballet Tech and dance with the Ballet Tech professional company.

July 1997

Ballet Tech and ABT convert the 890 Broadway building into a four-unit commercial condominium.

Summer 1998

Ballet Tech performs at the River Festival produced by Dancing in the Streets, at the World Financial Center, NYC

Four male dancers perform on an outdoor stage. Three dancers sit and recline atop a cubic platform, and the fourth dancer jumps backwards, while reaching his arms and legs in front of him.
Three male dancers on an outdoor stage dance in multi-patterned costumes. One of the dancers has been thrown in the air and splays his body in an X-shape, while the other two prepare to catch him.

December 1998

Ballet Tech performs the first of a series of annual “Notcracker” performances at The Joyce Theater, featuring students of the School in a revival of Papillon and other ballets.

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Ballet Tech performs the first of a series of annual “Notcracker” performances at The Joyce Theater, featuring students of the School in a revival of Papillon and other ballets.

CBS Sunday Morning airs a piece on Ballet Tech and Armand Pretlow.

Ballet Tech has a five-day residency at Saint Joseph Ballet in Santa Ana, CA, where the Saint Joseph students learn The Jig Is Up from company members.

LA Times Review
Scan of a pamphlet with a collage of photos of dance students in rehearsal. The text atop reads "Ballet Tech in residence at St. Joseph Ballet, October 15-20, 1999."
Two notes side by side handwritten in marker from Saint Joseph students thanking Eliot Feld and his dancers for teaching them during their residency. They have doodle of stars, swirls, and stick figure dancers on them.

Fall 1999

Kids Dance book by Jim Varriale is published

Dutton Books for Young Readers publishes Jim Varriale's book Kids Dance The Students of Ballet Tech, featuring photos and a narrative on the Ballet Tech school experience from audition through graduation.

Kids Dance book by Jim Varriale is published
Close up of a trophy with an abstract stick figure at the top. The engraved text reads "Arts Orange County/ For Outstanding Achievement in 1999 by a Visiting Artist 1999/ Eliot Feld/ Orange Country Arts Awards."

Mr. Feld is awarded the Orange County (CA) Arts Award - Outstanding Achievement by a Visiting Artist, among other honors awarded to him and the School in the 2000s.

Mr. Feld’s Organon premieres at the New York City Ballet. An enormous work, it features Damian Woetzel, Maria Kowroski, and Charles Askegard, plus 30 members of the NYCB corps de ballet, and 30 students from the School of American Ballet.

In a dance studio, Damian Woetzel stands behind Eliot Feld, listening as he speaks and gestures with his hand.
Damian Woetzel jumps gracefully on stage in performance of Eliot Feld's "Organon." An ensemble of dancers poses in an acrobatic formation behind him. A musician in silhouette plays a keyboard to the right of the dancers.

March 2001

Eliot Feld is interviewed for an A&E “Breakfast with the Arts” segment on Ballet Tech

Ballet Tech’s Spring Gala, “A Hallelujah in Celebration of Misha,” features Mikhail Baryshnikov in the world premiere of Mr. XYZ and celebrates Mr. Baryshnikov in a retrospective of ballets choreographed for him by Eliot Feld. Among many standout performances in the celebration is Variations on ‘America’, featuring Wu-Kang Chen and Paloma Herrera.

Two images of solo dancers on stage are placed side by side. The larger image has text that reads "A Hallelujah in Celebration of Misha/ Feld Ballet Tech/ 2003 Spring Gala."

The Ballet Tech professional ballet company’s last season takes place in the Spring, with premieres of Pianola: Indigo and French Overtures.

A female dancer on stage wears a leotard and pointe shoes. Standing in 5th position, she sways her hips, head, and arms to the side, covering her face.

Ballet Tech returns to The Joyce stage

After a hiatus of about 18 months, Ballet Tech returns to The Joyce Theater, with the ManDance Project, a pick-up company of dancers. For the initial ManDance season, Mr. Feld choreographs 12 new ballets. There are further ManDance project seasons in Spring 2006, 2008, and 2009.

Ballet Tech returns to The Joyce stage

September 28, 2005

Sir Isaac's Apples

As part of Juilliard's yearlong celebration of its centennial, in 2005–06, it commissioned a new work by Eliot Feld: Sir Isaac's Apples. The 127-minute-long work was choreographed to Steve Reich's Drumming and included every student enrolled in the Juilliard Dance Division.

A wide, almost aerial shot of Eliot Feld's "Sir Isaac's Apples" performed on stage. One group of dancers stand in a line along part of the perimeter of the stage. They feed into a group of dancers that one by one roll and slide across the stage in a zig-zagging line.

New York City Ballet dedicates two evenings to Mr. Feld’s work

New York City Ballet produces two performances dedicated to Mr. Feld’s work, featuring the premiere of Etoile Polaire.

Eliot Feld rehearses in a studio with a ballet dancer. She copies the curved, inverted shape he is making with his elbow and wrist.

February 2009

In commemoration of the Lincoln Bicentennial, Eliot Feld and Harold Holzer discuss the Feld-choreographed ballet Lincoln Portrait at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

In a performance of Eliot Feld's "Lincoln Portrait," a large ensemble of dancers stand on stage, dressed in pedestrian, 1800s America-era clothing.

April 2010

"Eliot Feld in conversation with Cynthia Gregory" is presented at the Paley Center in New York City by Words on Dance.

Danza Ballet

3 Men on a Horse performs Eliot Feld pieces in Taiwan, and Ballet Tech and Horse dancers are featured in Lois Greenfield photo exhibit “Dancing on Paper.” Eliot Feld gives a talk “Dancing on the Words.”

A scan of three items: a program cover for "3 Men on a Horse", a dance photo of a man leaping through the air while using a cane, and a ticket stub for the Lois Greenfield photo exhibit "Dancing on Paper."

April 11, 2016

Kids Dance performs at the 25th Anniversary Gala of The New 42nd Street

Ballet Tech’s Kids Dance performs excerpts of Feld’s A Yankee Doodle at the New Victory Theater, for The New 42nd Street's 25th Anniversary Gala.

Kids Dance performs at the 25th Anniversary Gala of The New 42nd Street

Mr. Feld is featured in The Paley Center’s “Words on Dance” celebration of Jerome Robbins and West Side Story

Mr. Feld is featured in The Paley Center’s “Words on Dance” celebration of Jerome Robbins and West Side Story.

Three black and white photos from the filming of "West Side Story" with Eliot Feld.
A scan of two items: a photo of Eliot Feld and co posing at The Paley Center for Media, and the program cover for The Paley Center's "Words on Dance" celebration of Jerome Robbins and West Side Story.

Spring 2020

COVID-19 impacts in-person classes

The COVID-19 shutdown requires the school to pivot to teaching ballet classes on Zoom. While not ideal, it keeps the students moving. Happily, most students are back in the studios in the fall of 2020.

Ashley Tuttle stands in a dance studio in first position at a portable barre, dancing in front of a screen of students taking class on Zoom.

Summer 2021

Dionne Figgins succeeds Eliot Feld as Artistic Director of Ballet Tech

Eliot Feld steps down as Artistic Director of Ballet Tech. Dionne Figgins succeeds him.

December 2021

Eliot Feld places most of his ballets in the public domain

Eliot Feld and Ballet Tech announce that in order for Mr. Feld’s ballets to be as accessible as possible to the general public, most of the ballets will be placed in the public domain. Ballet Tech retains the ownership of 11 ballets, 71 ballets are moved into the public domain immediately, and the remaining 67 ballets will be in the public domain as of 7/5/2042. Simultaneously, Ballet Tech creates a website dedicated to Mr. Feld’s works, at eliotfeld.ballettech.org.

Spring 2022

Reviewing the first Joyce season under Ms. Figgins’ direction, The New York Times writes, “The Kids (in New Hands) Are Still All Right”.

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Costumes and sketches for Papillon, Variations on 'America,' and Impromptu are featured in a New York Public Library exhibit on the legacy of costume designer Willa Kim, who designed costumes for more than 50 of Mr. Feld’s ballets.

New York Public Library
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Spring 2023

The school pilots the Ballet Tech Across New York (BTANY) enrichment program

The Ballet Tech Across New York (BTANY) program is launched, marking an evolution in the Ballet Tech audition process. BTANY offers dance classes to public schools throughout NYC.

Summer 2023

The school begins offering free classes to Ballet Tech alumni. Dancers taking part range in age from 11 to 65+.

Spring 2024

Archival materials donated to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center

Ballet Tech, together with Eliot Feld, donates collected archival materials to the NYPL for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where films, videos, photographs, letters, and other printed matter will be accessible to researchers, artists, and dance-lovers for generations to come.

May 30, 2024

Homeland premieres at The Joyce

Homeland, conceived by Dionne Figgins, premieres at The Joyce Theater as part of the Kids Dance 30th anniversary season. The six part ballet follows Ballet Tech graduates on a class trip, as they visit the continents of their ancestral origins and gain a new appreciation for their culture and the cultures of their classmates. Each part features a different style and is choreographed by a "native speaker" of that dance genre.

An ensemble of young dancers on stage wear white robes with red ties, inspired by traditional Chinese folkdance attire. They dance in unison waving large fans that billow behind them. The backdrop features a world map with various cultural icons and images.
Four dancers perform a ballet piece on stage. Two girls stand on pointe, with arms in fourth position, while two boys stand behind them in b plus. The girls wear corset vests with flowing skirts and red waistbands, while the boys wear red tights with gold vests atop white blouses.
Two young dancers partner in a salsa dance on stage. They hold hands while posing apart, wearing proud expressions. The girl wears a bright yellow dress with colorful accents, and the boy wears a ruffled yellow shirt with black pants.
Ballet Tech students perform a West African piece on stage, standing in various formations. Some dancers wear raffia skirts with colorful patterned fabrics, while others wear orange tunics with gold waistbands.

May 30, 2024

Ballet Tech Kids Dance Day

NYC Mayor Eric Adams proclaims “Ballet Tech Kids Dance Day.”