THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Presents An Evening Of Modern Dance with Alison Cook Beatty Dance
Schedule
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Theater for the New City | New York, NY
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ALISON COOK BEATTY DANCESpring Season 2026
Theater for the New City
April 10 & 11, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Two Distinct Programs
PROGRAM A (FRIDAY, APRIL 10)
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 Makenna Zelenak
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, 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,
Makenna Zelenak 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
(Understudies Chynna Holder and Owen Lunsford)
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, Makenna Zelenak 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 (SATURDAY, APRIL 11)
Belief, Control, and Resistance
Approx. 76 minutes (including intermission)
HER(É)
Music: Nils Frahm & Jlin
Dancers: Owen Lunsford, 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 (Understudy Chynna Holder)
MURMURATION (excerpt) (2016)
Music: Ottorino Respighi
Dancers: Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides, Chynna Holder,
Ava Trochiano, Facundo Ferreyra, Marcos Antonio, Owen Lunsford and Makenna Zelenak
Intermission
MANIFESTATIONS (2016)
Music: John Adams, Shaker Loops
Dancers: Facundo Ferreyra, Owen Lunsford, Ava Trochiano, Maddie Burnett, Ioanna Ioannides,
Chynna Holder, Makenna Zelenak and Marcos Antonio
TRANSFORMATION & EMPOWERMENT (2025)
Music: Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, Michael Nyman, The Cinematic Orchestra
Dancers: Ioanna Ioannides, Ava Trochiano, Maddie Burnett (Understudies Chynna Holder and Owen Lunsford)
Understudies: Kaitlyn Hennings and Natalie Aronno
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