24K views · 881 reactions | Agon, one of Balanchine's quintessential black and white ballets, closes out the Stravinsky & Balanchine program. On the opening night of our winter programming, Principal Dancers Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle pulled out the stops in their performance of the daring pas de deux from this abstract, plotless ballet. Catch Agon again on our Stravinsky & Balanchine program FEB 1 and FEB 2 mat: nycballet.com/stravinsky | New York City Ballet | Facebook

Agon isn’t just a favorite for audience members and dancers, but a highlight for those who play the Stravinsky score. Ethan Silverman, New York City Ballet Orchestra’s Associate Bassoon, explains why Agon is the ballet he loves to perform the most in our winter repertory. “It is scored for a large orchestra, but mostly, at any given moment, there are only a few instruments playing, never everyone together. There are such strange and wonderful combinations of instruments. For example, a xylophone

16K views · 953 reactions | Dissonant harmony in black and white: The pas de deux from Balanchine's Agon as interpreted by Principal Dancers Adrian Danchig-Waring and Unity Phelan. See the seminal leotard ballet this fall on the All Balanchine II program beginning September 29: nycballet.com/balanchine2 | New York City Ballet | Facebook