BALLETCOLLECTIVE PRESENTS ITS 10TH NYC SEASON

featuring the world premieres of “Forest of Shifting Time” and “The First and Last Light,” the first ballet performances in a gorgeous, new space in Lower Manhattan.
Tickets are available at balletcollective.com/tickets

composers
Augusta Read Thomas and Alex Somers

with choreography by
Bryn Cohn and Troy Schumacher

inspired by the artists
Olafur Eliasson and Douglas Fitch
including dancers from 
New York City Ballet and Martha Graham

and live music performed by
Alex Somers with Wordless Music Orchestra and Akropolis Reed Quintet 

Forest of Shifting Time (World Premiere)

Two explorers enter an unknown place with no way out but forward, and find themselves among shifting trees, dancing dinosaurs, playful insects, and more. Choreographed and directed by BalletCollective Artistic Director Troy Schumacher and set to a vibrant, commissioned score by Augusta Read Thomas for the Akropolis Reed Quintet, Forest of Shifting Time features whimsical costumes and props by artist and designer Doug Fitch and lighting by Ben Rawson.