8/29: Ballez: Travesty Doll Play (after Coppélia)
Photo by Mikhail Lipyanskiy
Saturday, August 29
3:00 PM
$25 General Admission, $15 Student Admission (with ID)
45 minutes
Black Box Theater (indoors)
Based on the story ballet from 1870, Ballez’s choreographic reimagining exposes us to the interdependent relationship between the Doll-maker and the Doll creations, bringing to light the tenderness and perseverance of new life, the joy and support found in desire and connection, and the love and humanity that transforms and thrives in our relations with one another. Live original score by Lavinia Eloise Bruce and Scott Killian.
Ballez was founded in 2011 by choreographer and educator Kade Pyle. Ballez has created four original, full-length story-ballets: The Firebird, a Ballez (2013, Danspace Project), Sleeping Beauty & the Beast (2016, La MaMa), Giselle of Loneliness (2021, The Joyce Theater) and Travesty Doll Play Ballez (after Coppélia) (2024, Chelsea Factory) and has been awarded grants from NYSCA, Harkness, Mellon Foundation, among others, and residencies at Baryshnikov Arts Center, Gibney, MTA, among others. By centering the experiences of trans, non-binary, and genderqueer dancers in practice and creation, Ballez demands that the form of ballet embrace the vitality of positive, inclusive change. Pyle currently teaches ballet at Eugene Lang and Marymount Manhattan Colleges, and for professional dancers at Gibney Dance.
About Tickets
One performance ticket is $25. ($15. for students). Performance tickets do no include evening concerts.
Ticket Combo Packages:
- A two-performance ticket bundle is $40. ($25. for students)
- A three-performance ticket bundle is $50. ($30. for students) *only available 8/29*
- Add an evening concert ticket to your bundle and receive a $10 discount. This all-day pass maximizes discounts!Individual evening concert tickets bought before August 1 receive a $10 discount. Use code EARLYBIRD10 by July 31.