NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
20 LINCOLN CENTER plaza, NEW YORK, NY 10023 nycballet.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO perform the ballets and preserve the dance aesthetic and standards of excellence created and established by its founders; and to develop new work that draws on the creative talents of contemporary choreographers and composers, and speaks to the time in which it is made. This mission is accompanied by a commitment to expand the Companys audience and make ballet accessible to the widest possible public through touring, education programs, the creative use of media, and other outreach efforts.

PERFORM, PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN CLASSICAL BALLET.

New York City Ballet (NYCB) presented 16 weeks of performances and a total of 37 ballets including four world premieres for over 230,000 people. The Company also offered education and public programs for thousands of NYC public school students, families, adults, and people with disabilities both in-person and virtually. NYCB was originally slated to present a 22 week season which was unfortunately cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result of the outbreak, NYCB closed the David H. Koch Theater following the Companys winter season and cancelled all spring performances and education and public programs that were originally scheduled to take place in person. A highlight of the Fall Season was NYCBs eighth annual Fall Fashion Gala for which choreographers Edwaard Liang and Lauren Lovette collaborated with fashion designers in the creation of new ballets. Other Fall Season highlights included a weeklong run of George Balanchines Jewels, widely celebrated and considered the first full-length abstract ballet, a range of repertory by Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, and Merce Cunninghams Summerspace which returned to the repertory as part of the centennial celebrations of the choreographer. Following the Companys annual six weeks of performances of George Balanchines The Nutcracker, the six-week Winter Season opened with nine All-Balanchine programs including works such as Danses Concertantes, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Allegro Brillante, and Firebird. The Winter Season was highlighted by two world premiere ballets, the first, entitled Voices, by renowned choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. The second premiere of the Winter Season was Rotunda by NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck which features a commissioned score by American composer Nico Muhly. Other highlights of the Winter Season included a restoration of the Variations solo from George Balanchines Episodes, and 11 performances of Peter Martins full-length production of Swan Lake. The Winter Season also presented the eighth annual NYCB Art Series featuring an installation by artist Lauren Redniss who is known for marrying the graphic and visual arts with biography and cultural history. Art Series pairs a site-specific installation in the David H. Koch Theater by a contemporary artist one whose work is considered provocative, innovative, and noteworthy, and has a following among younger audiences with three Access Evenings for which all seats for the performance are $35. Access Evenings are marketed to the artists fans and younger cultural consumers, and are curated with ballets that pique the interest of those new to NYCB. Art Series has been highly successful in attracting first-timers to NYCB and inspiring them to return, expanding current and future audiences. In lieu of in-person programming, NYCB offered a Digital Spring Season six weeks of online programming, featuring full ballets and excerpts from more than 20 works, on Tuesdays and Fridays from April 21 through May 29 and virtual movement workshops led by NYCB dancers and musicians, all of which were free to participants. The creation of virtual programming presented a new opportunity for the Company to engage with a wider cross-section of people who may not otherwise have an opportunity to participate in our programs or to feel a connection to NYCB due to their geographic location.

The Company had its annual summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center from July 16 to July 21, 2019. Due to COVID-19, the Companys other planned touring engagements had to be cancelled.

During the 2019-20 season, New York City Ballet (NYCB) reached approximately 25,000 students, families, young people, and adults with education and public programs both in-person and virtually. NYCB conducted three distinct multi-workshop residency programs in predominantly Title I NYC public schools for approximately 5,800 students from first through fifth grades, with an emphasis on creative expression, student dancemaking, and literacy. NYCB teaching artists in collaboration with classroom teachers introduce students to ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and contemporary choreographers, and engage students with themes in the choreography and music, focusing on dancemaking through collaborative creative writing and movement. A key component of each residency is students attendance at a matinee performance especially for them. Company dancers and musicians perform full-length performances in costume on the companys stage accompanied by New York City Ballets orchestra; for many students, it is their first time attending a professional performance. In spring 2020, the NYC Department of Education closed public schools for the remainder of the school year. As a result, NYCB worked with its teaching artists to offer the remaining workshops virtually so that students could complete the programs at home. Public programs in 2019-20 included Family Saturdays, an onstage presentation that introduces children and their families to NYCB and its repertory, featuring short works performed by Company dancers who are accompanied by NYCB musicians. The Family-5 program offers $5 discounted tickets to social service organizations, veterans groups, special needs organizations, organizations for the deaf and hard of hearing communities, and NYC Council Members for their constituents. All Family Saturdays offer priority seating for those who are deaf or hard of hearing in addition to an American Sign Language interpreter. The 2019-20 season offered two Family Saturdays programs which were attended by approximately 3,000 people. A total of 275 discount tickets were purchased through the Family-5 program. NYCB also offered movement workshops throughout the season for children and adults led by NYCB teaching artists and Company dancers which introduce participants to basic ballet vocabulary, movement combinations, and short excerpts that coincide with the current repertory being performed. The Company also offered theater tours for children and young adults as well as two one-hour onstage presentations that explore the history and inner workings of NYCB through performance and discussion. Approximately 8,000 people participated in one of NYCBs public programs in 2019-20. For the first time, in spring 2020, NYCB offered online workshops for children and adults, all of which were free to participants. Ballet Breaks, for children ages 3 to 8, offered Saturday morning movement workshops led by NYCB dancers via Zoom. Over the course of 12 workshops NYCB reached approximately 4,500 households from across the United States, Spain, South Africa, India, Cyprus, Russia, Tanzania, and several other countries across the world. Ballet Essentials Online offered movement workshops led by NYCB dancers for young adults and adults via Zoom. Over the course of 11 workshops, NYCB reached approximately 4,000 people from across the United States, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, as well as several other countries. NYCBs Access Programs offered a variety of free programming for people with physical and cognitive disabilities. Programs included movement workshops led by NYCB dancers and teaching artists in the Companys rehearsal studios, artist visits to medical and educational facilities, and attendance at performances at the Koch Theater. Programs serve people with autism, Down syndrome, joint diseases, and brain trauma. To date, NYCB has established customized programming with 15 organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital, Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital, Henry Viscardi School, Blythedale Childrens Hospital, and NYU Langone Medical Center. During the Companys annual residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, NYCB also hosts workshops in partnership with the New York Associations of Cerebral Palsy. For the first time, in 2019-20, NYCB offered a series of Access Workshops that were open to the public and available for sign-ups on our website. Prior to this season, NYCB offered workshops in partnership with organizations and schools where we had pre-existing relationships. Opening up workshops to the public provided us with an opportunity to reach a wider cross-section of the community and spread the word about our programs. In total, NYCB reached approximately 1,400 people through its in-person Access Programs during the 2019-20 season. In spring 2020, the Company created digital content for two of its special education school partners.

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