#BalletFact: John Adams' "Fearful Symmetries" inspired the NYCB ballet of the same name. Enjoy this piece of YouTube magic, where John Adams meets Buster Keaton, before the ballet hits the stage this fall: nycballet.com/season1819. youtu.be/CanQVMNslE0

In Spring 2019, Justin Peck and George Balanchine will split a ballet program featuring their boldest works: Peck's The Times Are Racing and Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements, plus a new Peck/Sufjan Stevens collaboration, premiering Winter 2019: nycballet.com/1819.

Stravinsky Violin Concerto is a plotless ballet that features four movements with drastically different energies, from tender and romantic to a high-energy bacchanal. See it next spring on the All Balanchine program: nycballet.com/spring. youtube.com/watch?v=RdMUw3…

To mark the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, The New York Times writers have come together to focus on key moments in his career, to interview musicians he led, to praise his conducting style, and to offer suggestions for further listening nyti.ms/2ws3nGr

🎶Youngest conductor ever to lead the New York Philharmonic ✍️Composed classic Broadway scores like “West Side Story” 🌎First U.S. maestro to gain international renown Happy 100th Birthday, Leonard Bernstein! Watch the full video #GoogleDoodle → goo.gl/3Xbj9S

Happy 100 birthday Bernstein! All of us nycballet sure miss you but are thankful for all of your great offerings to the arts and culture of NY and the world. #LennyCentenny

This #musicmonday, enjoy Musicians of New York City Ballet's performance of Gabriel Faure's "Pelleas er Melisande" & "Shylock," which scores George Balanchine's grand Emeralds, part of the full-length Jewels. See Jewels beginning SEPT 18: nycballet.com/fall. open.spotify.com/album/6fDBGN58…

Listen to the piece that perfectly complements the opulence of George Balanchine's Diamonds: Tschaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 performed by @lennybernstein and New York Philharmonic. Jewels opens fall performances SEPT 18: nycballet.com/fall. goo.gl/ey59oP

We're breaking out our best emeralds, rubies, and diamonds tonight for the opening of the 18/19 Season. George Balanchine's Jewels is back for just six performances only. See it SEPT 18–25: nycballet.com/jewels.

Fall dance picks from New York Times Arts include the return of William Forsythe's complete Herman Schmerman during winter programming and the Balanchine festival, featuring NYCB and a host of other companies NEW YORK CITY CENTER in October.

We're looking forward to joining Miami City Ballet, #mariinskyballet, The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet Opéra Paris, The Joffrey Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre for this upcoming celebration of #Balanchine's choreography created in our early years at NEW YORK CITY CENTER.

Merde to all our friends at Miami City Ballet, #mariinskyballet, The Royal Ballet and our own dancers kicking off NEW YORK CITY CENTER's Balanchine fest tonight, and to those dancing later this week: The Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Ballet Opéra Paris, American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet.

The Nutcracker is just around the corner. Here at Lincoln Center, all the creatures are stirring, especially a mouse. Catch George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® NOV 23 to DEC 30. For tickets and info: nycballet.com/nutcracker

What goes into making a ballet score? We talked to composer Sufjan Stevens (of Asthmatic Kitty Records), orchestrator Timo Andres, and conductor Daniel Capps about creating the music for Justin Peck’s Principia. Learn how the score came to life: nycballet.com/principiascore

“A good orchestrator brings the musical ideas to life, and also brings them to reality,” Sufjan Stevens says, explaining how his score for Justin Peck's Principia came to be. Learn more about his journey making the music for their latest collaboration: nycballet.com/principiascore

This week we bid goodbye to the 18/19 season with our final ballet, Balanchine's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Get to know Shakespeare's beloved characters as they find themselves on an enchanted journey. See it MAY 28-JUN 2: nycballet.com/midsummer

Please join us tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7PM Eastern for a live-stream NYCBallet fundraiser!! Here we are rehearsing Trout Quintet which will feature Stefan Jackiw, Katharina Kang, Eugene Moye and Ron Wasserman! Oh, and me too!! nycballet

We're pleased to share that City Ballet The Podcast is back with a new season. The first episode revisits our Hear the Dance on Symphony in C, with an excerpt from the Balanchine ballet performed by Musicians of New York City Ballet introduced by Andrew Litton. Tune in: podcast.nycballet.com

Join us for a special performance in-park on Earth Day! On April 22, the Bronx Zoo will present a live concert of “Carnival of the Animals” by Saint-Saens featuring Musicians of New York City Ballet & dancers of the NYC Ballet, in addition to encores of “Flight of the Bumble Bee” & “Tunis Nefta"