SAB students perform Serenade with New York City Ballet

As a part of New York City Ballet’s 2024 Fall Season, the Company will host a special one-time only performance of George Balanchine’s Serenade in honor of the 90th anniversary of the opening of the School of American Ballet (SAB), co-founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein in 1934, fourteen years before they cofounded New York City Ballet. SAB has been the official school of New York City Ballet for the Company’s entire history.

For this special SAB anniversary performance, which will take place on Tuesday, October 1, Balanchine’s Serenade, the landmark work created for SAB students in 1934 and the first work the choreographer created after arriving in America the previous year, will be performed by advanced students from the School. The program will also include Balanchine’s Mozartiana, one of his last works, which was created in 1981 and features students from SAB’s children’s division.