City Center Announces 2008/2009 Season

New York City Center's 2008-09 season begins on September 17 with the fifth annual Fall for Dance Festival, featuring 28 companies from across the country and around the world for a price of only $10 per ticket.  The season also includes the second season of acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's dance company Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and resident company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 50th Anniversary celebration. Resident companies American Ballet Theatre and the Paul Taylor Dance Company along with visiting companies San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet and Eifman Ballet will present New York seasons. Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will celebrate its 40th Anniversary season, and Manhattan Theatre Club will present two world premieres and a New York premiere. Highlights also include the sixteenth season of New York City Center's Encores! series, opening on November 19 with On the Town, part of the city-wide Bernstein Festival.  

The complete schedule of the 2008-09 season is attached.  You will find information, and press contacts on the following engagements:
 
FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL
September 17 - 27
 
MORPHOSES/THE WHEELDON COMPANY
October 1 - 5
 
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
October 10 - 18
 
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
October 21 - November 2

CAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS ANNUAL GALA
ON BROADWAY - A Glittering Salute to the American Musical
Monday, October 27

 
LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY
November 5 - 9, 2008

ENCORES! ON THE TOWN
Nov. 19 - 23
 
Alvin Ailey AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Dec. 3, 2008 - Jan. 4, 2009

MIAMI CITY BALLET
Jan. 21 - 25, 2009

ENCORES! MUSIC IN THE AIR
Feb. 5 - 8

NEW YORK FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
February 19 - 22

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY
Feb. 25 - March 15, 2009

ENCORES! FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Mar. 26 - 29, 2009

YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX 2009 GALA
April 21-22

EIFMAN BALLET
May 29 - 31, 2009

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