NYCB to Celebrate Robbins in Spring Season

New York City Ballet will feature 33 ballets by Jerome Robbins in its 2008 spring season in honor of the 90th anniversary of the choreographer's birth. The tribute will include two rarely seen works: "Les Noces," created for American Ballet Theatre in 1965, and "Brahms/Handel" from 1983.

Robbins served as NYCB's associate artistic director beginning in 1949. The tribute will include guest artists to represent the other companies with which Robbins worked. The Jerome Robbins Celebration will begin April 29 at the New York State Theater and will include an exhibition on his work and several seminars on his life. The company's season will also feature a world premiere ballet by Alexei Ratmansky and the farewell performance of principal dancer Damien Woetzel on June 18.