Upcoming Performances and Events
ANNE IMHOF HOUSE OF SWANS
Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Anne Imhof: House of Swans, the first major solo exhibition in Asia by the 2017 Venice Biennale Golden Lion recipient Anne Imhof. The exhibition features a commission of monumental new works that construct a powerful multisensory experience through atmospheric scenography, sonic installations and live performances. We
Juxtaposing the classical art forms of oil painting, bronze sculpture and ballet with elements of urban infrastructure, Imhof creates charged encounters in the gallery space. Set in an imagined future, the exhibition and performance House of Swans follows a heroine struggling on her path to love through a chaotic cityscape.
During opening week, the artist’s long-term collaborators, including renowned international musicians and dancers, will join dancers from Hong Kong Ballet for special performances. At selected times throughout the exhibition’s run, ballet performances will take place in the gallery.
Paquita
The grand divertissement from Paquita is a showcase of classical ballet elegance and virtuosity. In Natalia Makarova’s celebrated staging, a sequence of dazzling variations and ensemble dances unfolds with style, musicality, and technical brilliance. At its center, the commanding ballerina leads with grace and authority.
Birthday Offering
Created in 1956 by Frederick Ashton for The Royal Ballet’s 25th anniversary, Birthday Offering featured seven of the company’s leading ballerinas: Elaine Fifield, Rowena Jackson, Svetlana Beriosova, Nadia Nerina, Violetta Elvin, Beryl Grey, and Margot Fonteyn. Each had a solo tailored to highlight their unique gifts and artistry. Set to the lush, radiant, and warmly orchestral music of Alexander Glazunov, the ballet balances elegance with energy, and today’s dancers rise to the challenge of inhabiting these storied roles.
Birthday Offering
Created in 1956 by Frederick Ashton for The Royal Ballet’s 25th anniversary, Birthday Offering featured seven of the company’s leading ballerinas: Elaine Fifield, Rowena Jackson, Svetlana Beriosova, Nadia Nerina, Violetta Elvin, Beryl Grey, and Margot Fonteyn. Each had a solo tailored to highlight their unique gifts and artistry. Set to the lush, radiant, and warmly orchestral music of Alexander Glazunov, the ballet balances elegance with energy, and today’s dancers rise to the challenge of inhabiting these storied roles.Put
Trio Élégiaque
ABT corps de ballet member and up-and-coming choreographer Brady Farrar brings a World Premiere to the Company this Fall. Already the creator of multiple works for ABT Studio Company, Farrar adds a compelling new voice to ABT’s repertoire with this work set to the first movement of “Trio Élégiaque No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninoff we
Trio Élégiaque
ABT corps de ballet member and up-and-coming choreographer Brady Farrar brings a World Premiere to the Company this Fall. Already the creator of multiple works for ABT Studio Company, Farrar adds a compelling new voice to ABT’s repertoire with this work set to the first movement of “Trio Élégiaque No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Swan Lake
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Featuring the unforgettable corps de ballet moving in magical unison as the majestic, glimmering swans, this romantic fable of dreamlike transformation, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, inspires awe and wonder.
Sylvia
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Featuring the unforgettable corps de ballet moving in magical unison as the majestic, glimmering swans, this romantic fable of dreamlike transformation, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, inspires awe and wonder.
Don Quixote
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Featuring the unforgettable corps de ballet moving in magical unison as the majestic, glimmering swans, this romantic fable of dreamlike transformation, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, inspires awe and wonder.
Onegin
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Featuring the unforgettable corps de ballet moving in magical unison as the majestic, glimmering swans, this romantic fable of dreamlike transformation, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, inspires awe and wonder.
Onegin
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Featuring the unforgettable corps de ballet moving in magical unison as the majestic, glimmering swans, this romantic fable of dreamlike transformation, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, inspires awe and wonder.
Swan Lake
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Featuring the unforgettable corps de ballet moving in magical unison as the majestic, glimmering swans, this romantic fable of dreamlike transformation, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, inspires awe and wonder.
Performa Live on Broadway
A thrilling night of live performance, surprise, and spectacle on an iconic Broadway stage. In support of Performa.
In the Spring of 2026 Performa will take over the the historic Town Hall theater in midtown on Broadway for a one night only spectacular! The 90 minute show will be pure talent and Performa originality on one of the most beautiful stages in New York City. The variety show as a concept traces its roots to vaudeville, a popular theatrical form in the late 19th and early 20th centuries made up of multiple short acts that included comedy, music, fashion, magic, dance, and acrobatics, appealing to a wide range of audiences with acts changing quickly to keep everyone entertained.
Sylvia
In this Arcadian love story, set in mythical Greece amid a realm of otherworldly creatures and verdant forests, the deity Eros intervenes to unite the nymph Sylvia with the lovelorn shepherd Aminta. The splendid score by Léo Delibes was so admired by Tchaikovsky that he purportedly declared: had he known the music existed at the time, he would never have composed Swan Lake!
Mozartiana
George Balanchine’s Mozartiana is a transcendent homage to Mozart, set to Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 4. This luminous ballet unfolds over five movements, weaving meditative neoclassicism with spirited passion.
Othello: A Dance in Three Acts
Othello is a sweeping, three-act ballet from American Ballet Theatre that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic tale of jealousy and betrayal through the bold choreography of Lar Lubovitch and an original score by Elliot B. Goldenthal.
Mozartiana
George Balanchine’s Mozartiana is a transcendent homage to Mozart, set to Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 4. This luminous ballet unfolds over five movements, weaving meditative neoclassicism with spirited passion.
Othello: A Dance in Three Acts
Othello is a sweeping, three-act ballet from American Ballet Theatre that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic tale of jealousy and betrayal through the bold choreography of Lar Lubovitch and an original score by Elliot B. Goldenthal.