New York City Ballet will hold its annual fall gala celebrating dance and fashion on September 19, featuring three world premieres, the company announced Thursday. Participants this year include the choreographers Benjamin Millepied, working with the Dutch designer Iris van Herpen; Justin Peck, whose new ballet will showcase costumes by Prabal Gurung; and Angelin Preljocaj, working with Olivier Theyskens.
The ballet’s four-week fall season will run from Sept. 17 through Oct. 13 at he David H. Koch Theater. Sarah Jessica Parker will serve as a chairwoman for the event this year.
The French choreographer and founder of the L.A. Dance Project, Mr. Millepied, ( a former NYCB dancer who will become the director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet in Sept,, 2014) will present his fifth premiere for City Ballet. Mr. Millepied will use a score writen for viola and piano by the composer Nico Muhly, Mr. Millepied’s frequent collaborator.
The second world premiere of the evening from Mr. Peck, the New York City Ballet soloist, will be a work for five dancers set to Lukas Foss’s “Capriccio for Cello and Piano.†The evening’s final premiere is by Mr. Preljocaj and is set to several pieces of music by the composer John Cage.
Benefit-priced tickets for the gala, which include the performance, a pre-performance reception, and a black-tie supper ball following the performance, are available through the NYCB Special Events Office at 212-870-5585. Tickets to the performance only start at $29 and will be available beginning August 5 at nycballet.com, by calling 212-496-0600, or at the David H. Koch Theater box office, located at West 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue at Lincoln Center.
