List of 2000s ballet premieres

This is a list of ballet premieres in the 2000s, by year.

2000 title choreographer composer company venue date Appalachia WaltzMiriam MahdavianiEdgar Meyer and Mark O'ConnorNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterWednesday, June 20 The Car ManMatthew BourneRodion ShchedrinAdventures in Motion PicturesTheatre Royal, PlymouthTuesday, May 16 Mercurial ManoeuvresChristopher WheeldonDmitri ShostakovichNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterFriday, April 28 TributaryRobert La Fosse and Robert GarlandWolfgang Amadeus MozartNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterThursday, May 25 TriptychChristopher d'AmboiseBéla BartókNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterWednesday, June 7

2001 Title Choreographer Composer Company Venue Date PolyphoniaChristopher WheeldonGyörgy LigetiNew York City BalletNew York State TheatreJanuary 4 Hallelujah JunctionPeter MartinsJohn AdamsRoyal Danish BalletCopenhagenJune 24

2002 title choreographer composer company venue or presentation date CarouselChristopher WheeldonRichard RodgersNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterNovember 26 In the Mi(d)stMiriam MahdavianiOliver KnussenNew York City BalletDiamond ProjectJune 21 VesproMauro BigonzettiBruno MorettiNew York City BalletDiamond ProjectMay 8

2003 title choreographer composer company venue date Carnival of the AnimalsChristopher WheeldonCamille Saint-SaënsNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterMay 14 LiturgyChristopher WheeldonArvo PärtNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterMay 31 OctetPeter MartinsFelix MendelssohnRoyal Danish BalletRoyal Danish TheatreNovember 14 Thou SwellPeter MartinsRichard RodgersNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterJanuary 22 Wild SwansMeryl TankardElena Kats-CherninAustralian BalletSydney Opera HouseApril 29

2004 title choreographer composer company venue date Double FeatureSusan StromanIrving Berlin and Walter DonaldsonNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterJanuary 23 Chichester PsalmsPeter MartinsLeonard BernsteinNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterJune 2 BackchatEliot FeldPaul LanskyBallet TechJoyce TheaterOctober 21

2005 title choreographer composer company venue date After the RainChristopher WheeldonArvo PärtNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterJanuary 22 An American in ParisChristopher WheeldonGeorge GershwinNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterMay 4 Anna KareninaBoris EifmanPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyEifman BalletSaint PetersburgApril 2 TributeChristopher d'AmboiseJohann Sebastian BachSchool of American BalletJuilliard TheaterJune 4

2006 title choreographer composer company venue or presentation date FriandisesPeter MartinsChristopher RouseNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterFebruary 10 Afternoon of a FaunTim RushtonClaude DebussyKings of the DanceNew York City CenterFebruary 23 In VentoMauro BigonzettiBruno MorettiNew York City BalletDiamond ProjectMay 4 Two Birds with the Wings of OneJean-Pierre BonnefouxBright ShengNew York City BalletDiamond ProjectMay 25 Russian SeasonsAlexei RatmanskyLeonid DesyatnikovNew York City BalletDiamond ProjectJune 8 Slice to SharpJorma EloHeinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio VivaldiNew York City Ballet New York State TheaterJune 16 ChromaWayne McGregorJoby TalbotThe Royal BalletRoyal Opera HouseNovember 17

2007 title choreographer composer company venue date Romeo † JulietPeter MartinsBéla BartókNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterMay 1 The Nightingale and the RoseChristopher WheeldonBright ShengNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterJune 8 GraziosoPeter MartinsMikhail GlinkaNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterNovember 20 Franca Florio, regina di PalermoLuciano CannitoLorenzo FerreroTeatro MassimoTeatro MassimoNovember 22

2008 title choreographer composer company venue or presentation date OltremareMauro BigonzettiBruno MorettiNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterJanuary 23 Rococo VariationsChristopher WheeldonPI TschaikovskyNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterFebruary 7 Concerto DSCHAlexei RatmanskyDmitri ShostakovichNew York City BalletNew York State TheaterMay 29 Rogue and RabbitTwyla TharpDanny ElfmanAmerican Ballet TheatreMetropolitan Opera HouseJune 3 Flit of Fury/The MonarchAdam HendricksonAaron SeveriniNew York City BalletDancers' Choice benefitJune 27 CommediaChristopher WheeldonIgor StravinskyMorphoses/The Wheeldon CompanyNew York City CenterOctober 1 Romeo and JulietKrzysztof PastorSergei ProkofievScottish BalletEdinburgh Festival TheatreWithin the Golden HourChristopher WheeldonEzio BossoAntonio VivaldiSan Francisco BalletWar Memorial Opera House

2009 title choreographer composer company venue date LifecastingDouglas LeeRyoji Ikeda and Steve ReichNew York City BalletDavid H. Koch TheaterThursday, January 22 Simple SymphonyMelissa BarakBenjamin BrittenNew York City BalletDavid H. Koch TheaterTuesday, February 17

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