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An Evening Of Modern Dance with Alison Cook Beatty Dance

April 11 @ 8:00 pm EDT
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRYSTAL FIELD Present An Evening Of Modern Dance with ALISON COOK BEATTY DANCE
Spring Season 2026
Theater for the New City
155 1st Avenue
(between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
April 10 & 11, 2026 | 8:00 PM
the ticket link for the April shows https://ci.ovationtix.com/35441/production/1266392
A short Q&A with Alison and the dancers will follow each performance and a silent auction will begin before the performance in the lobby.
Two Distinct Programs
PROGRAM A
Ritual, Loss, and Collective Memory
Approx. 85 minutes (including intermission)
PASTORAL (2000)
Music: George Frideric Handel, Water Music (Suite No. 3 in G Major: Lento)
Dancers: Maddie Burnett , Ioanna Ioannides, Ava Trochiano (Understudy Chynna Holder)
Premiered at The Boston Conservatory of Music, Pastoral reflects Alison Cook-Beatty’s early choreographic voice and her enduring connection to musicality, lyricism, and the healing presence of nature.
MURMURATION (excerpt) (2016)
Music: Ottorino Respighi, Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
Dancers: Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides / Chynna Holder,
Ava Trochiano, Facundo Ferreyra, Marcos Antonio, Owen Lunsford, and Rayan Le Curieux-Durival
Inspired by the aerial ballet of starlings, Murmuration embodies collective instinct, tension, and unity through shifting flock-like formations.
HER(É) (NYC Premiere)
Music: Nils Frahm & Jlin
Dancers: Owen Lunsford, Rayan Le Curieux-Durival, Ioanna Ioannides, Ava Trochiano, Chynna Holder, Facundo Ferreyra, Maddie Burnett, and Marcos Antonio
Inspired by CHEKHOV’S GUN, the dramatic principle that if a gun appears in Act I it must fire by Act III, this contemporary work examines invisible boundaries, behavioral adaptation, and quiet consequence.
Intermission
BANSHEE’S LAMENTATION (2013)
Music: Carson Cooman
Dancers: Maddie Burnett, Ava Trochiano, Ioanna Ioannides,
Rayan Le Curieux-Durival and Facundo Ferreyra
Premiered at The 92nd Street Y, this powerful work draws from Irish folklore and explores grief, memory, and feminine resilience.
TRANSFORMATION & EMPOWERMENT (2025)
Music: Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, Michael Nyman, The Cinematic Orchestra
Dancers: Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides, and Ava Trochiano
Understudy: Chynna Holder
Puppetry: Dan Potter with assistance from Daniel George Cook
An intimate exploration of restoration and solidarity, incorporating bird puppetry as symbols of release and collective uplift.
SILENTIUM (from Tintinnabuli)
Music: Arvo Pärt
Dancers: Ioanna Ioannides, Facundo Ferreyra, Maddie Burnett,
Ava Trochiano, and Chynna Holder
Understudy: Owen Lunsford
Originally premiered at The Joyce Theater in 2012 and commissioned by Ballet Next, this excerpt offers a contemplative moment of spiritual stillness and communion.
PROGRAM B
Belief, Control, and Resistance
Approx. 76 minutes (including intermission)
HER(É)
Music: Nils Frahm & Jlin
Dancers: Owen Lunsford, Rayan Le Curieux-Durival, Ioanna Ioannides, Ava Trochiano, Chynna Holder, Marcos Antonio, Facundo Ferreyra and Maddie Burnett
TOP HEAVY (World Premiere)
Music: Claude Debussy, CakeWalk
Dancers: Owen Lunsford, Ava Trochiano, Facundo Ferreyra, and Ioanna Ioannides
A sharp, high-energy quartet investigating imbalance, collapse, and recovery. The dancers teeter and fall from their center, repeatedly attempting to regain composure, revealing the fragility beneath external control.
PASTORAL (2000)
Music: George Frideric Handel
Dancers: Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides, Ava Trochiano
MURMURATION (excerpt) (2016)
Music: Ottorino Respighi
Dancers: Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides / Chynna Holder,
Ava Trochiano, Facundo Ferreyra, Marcos Antonio, Owen Lunsford, and Rayan Le Curieux-Durival
Intermission
MANIFESTATIONS (2016)
Music: John Adams, Shaker Loops
Dancers: Rayan Le Curieux-Durival, Facundo Ferreyra, Owen Lunsford, Ava Trochiano, Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides,
Chynna Holder, and Marcos Antonio
TRANSFORMATION & EMPOWERMENT (2025)
Music: Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, Michael Nyman, The Cinematic Orchestra
Dancers: Ioanna Ioannides, Ava Trochiano, Maddie Burnett
Understudy: Chynna Holder

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Venue

  • Theater for the New City
  • 155 1st Ave
    New York, NY 10003 United States     + Google Map