NYCB’s 2024 Fall Fashion Gala, a much-anticipated evening of dance and design, featured ballets choreographed by three distinguished women.

The performance began with the NYCB premiere of Gianna Reisen's Signs, originally created for the School of American Ballet's 2022 Workshop Performances, with costumes by NYCB's Director of Costumes Marc Happel.

New York-based choreographer and former BalletX dancer Caili Quan presented her first work for the NYCB stage, Beneath the Tides, with costumes by designer Gilles Mendel of House of Gilles.

Concluding the performance was Principal Dancer Tiler Peck’s first choreographic work for NYCB, Concerto for Two Pianos, which premiered this past winter with costumes by designer Zac Posen.

SIGNS
Music by Philip Glass
Choreography by Gianna Reisen
Costumes by Marc Happel
Lighting by Mark Stanley

Gianna Reisen’s Signs reveals rippling rows of dancers unleashing bursts of refreshing energy in solos and duets before the swelling waves of the ensemble’s current absorb them once again.

BENEATH THE TIDES
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
Choreography by Caili Quan
Costumes by Gilles Mendel of House of Gilles
Costumes supervised by Marc Happel
Lighting by Mark Stanley

Featuring sophisticated corseted costumes by Gilles Mendel, Beneath the Tides exudes elegance, gliding through its refined Camille Saint-Saëns cello concerto score with moments of striking steadiness and contemporary flare.

CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS
Music by Francis Poulenc
Choreography by Tiler Peck
Costumes by Zac Posen
Costumes supervised by Marc Happel
Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Described by The New York Times as “a physical manifestation of musical notes,” Principal Dancer Tiler Peck “sets her dancers free” in a whirlwind of choreography set to a sparkling composition by Francis Poulenc and garbed in elegantly airy costumes.

Gala attendees mingled on the red carpet and posed for the media pool as they arrived for the fêted event and danced the night away following the celebratory performance.