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2026 OPENING NIGHT GALA PERFORMANCE

Casting

Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan

Choreographer: Sir Frederick Ashton
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Staged by: Tamara Rojo
Costume Design: David Dean
Lighting Design: John B. Read

Conductor: Martin West
Piano: Britton Day

JASMINE JIMISON

Pas de Deux from Don Quixote, Act III

Choreographer: Alexander Gorsksy after Marius Petipas
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Staging and Additional Choreography: Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov
Additional Principal Coaching: Tamara Rojo

Conductor: Martin West

MADELINE WOO and FRANCESCO GABRIELE FROLA

2nd Movement from Glass Pieces

Choreographer: Jerome Robbins
Composer: Phillip Glass
Production Designer: Jerome Robbins and Ronald Bates
Staged by: Betsy Erickson
Costume Design: Ben Benson
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton

Faςades

Conductor: Martin West

JASMINE JIMISON and HARRISON JAMES

Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Luna Mae Pao, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey

Bloom

Choreographer: Justin Peck
Composer: Caroline Shaw
Staged by: Joseph Walsh
Costume Design: Reid Bartelme and Hariet Jung
Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker

Conductor: Martin West
Violin I: Cordula Merks
Violin II: Ani Bukujian
Viola: Yi Zhou
Cello: Eric Sung

KATHERINE BARKMAN and ESTEBAN HERNÁNDEZ

Excerpt from A Garden

Choreographer: Mark Morris
Composer: Richard Strauss after Franςois Couperin
Staged by: Joanna Berman
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowsky

Conductor: Martin West

FRANCES CHUNG and JOSEPH WALSH

Kamryn Baldwin, Carmela Mayo, Julia Rowe, Seojeong Yun, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Victor Prigent, Myles Thatcher, Mingxuan Wang

Grand Pas Classique

Choreographer: Victor Gsovsky
Composer: D. F.E. Auber
Staged by: Pierre-Françoise Villanoba

Conductor: Martin West

WONA PARK and WEI WANG

“Forever” from Blakeworks I

Choreography and Scenic Design: William Forsythe
Composer: James Blake
Costume Design: Dorothee Merg and William Forsythe
Staged by: Jodie Gates, Felipe Diaz, and Katita Waldo
Original staging (2022): Ayman Harper

SASHA DE SOLA and MAX CAUTHORN

Epilogue Pas de Deux from Deep River

Choreographer: Alonzo King
Composer: Jason Moran
Staged by: Meredith Webster
Costume Design: Robert Rosenwasser
Lighting Design: Jim French

ADJI CISSOKO* and HARRISON JAMES

*Guest Artist courtesy of Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Pas de Deux and Finale from Stars and Stripes

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: John Phillip Sousa, arranged by
Production Designer: Jerome Robbins and Ronald Bates
Staged by: Sandra Jennings
Costume Design: after Karinska

Conductor: Martin West

NIKISHA FOGO and CAVAN CONLEY

First Regiment

ISABELLA DEVIVO
Julieta Castro, Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Hui-Wen Peng, Tyla Steinbach, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliette Windey

Second Reginment

SASHA MUKHAMEDOV
Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, Elizabeth Mateer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Luna Mae Pao, Amelia Soh, Anatalia St. Clair, Juliana Wilder

Mens’ Regiment

LUCA FERRÒ
Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Lleyton Ho, Lucas López, Davide Occhipinti, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli, Jasper True Stanford, Benjamin Taber, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Adrian Zeisel

*Casting is subject to change.