Repertory

Brooklyn Ballet’s repertory, guided by Artistic Director Lynn Parkerson, reflects a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach to ballet.

Opening our ballets to interdisciplinary influences helps us extend the form in unique directions, even while rooted in the classical idiom. Ms. Parkerson’s core aesthetic includes a juxtaposition of styles, cultures and dance forms. Reaching across cultural and class divides is in the very DNA of the Company, informing each ballet’s tone and composition as well as our education and community programs. The merging of all components—performance, education, artistic excellence and community outreach—is underlined by this idea of “bridging” divides. And that is Brooklyn Ballet's signature.

Current Repertory

  • Sub Binary (2026)

    Choreography - Lynn Parkerson and the dancersMusic - original composition by Toni Mora TurCostumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Dreams of Tomorrow (2026)

    Dreams of Tomorrow (2026)Choreography - Alexis Diggs
    Music - Maurice Ravel, OndineCostumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Absence (2026)

    Choreography - Alexis Zanety
    Music - María Teresa Vera Ausencia, Arvo Pärt Für Alina, Bach, Mozart, percussion and nature sounds
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Let 'em Cook (2026)

    Choreography - Michaels Fields and the dancers
    Music - Yokai the Diety Chloe, Mint Leaves
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Wedlock (2025)

    Choreography - Will A. Ervin Jr.
    Music - Various, Stevie Wonder, Samara Jo, Concert de L'Hotel Dieu, George Lovett, spoken word interviews
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

  • After the Fraying (2025)

    Choreography - Shannon Harkins
    Music - Various, Isao Tomita, Röyksopp, CoH, Raymond Scott, CAN, Jerskin Fendrix 
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Bust, Build, Break (2024)

    Choreography - Will A. Ervin Jr.
    Music - Will A. Ervin Jr, spoken word interviews
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Lamentation Variations (2024)

    Celebrating the Centennial of the Martha Graham Company

    Choreography - Nicole von Arx, Brian Henry, JoVonna Parks
    Music - Travis Lake, HRMT, Sergio Carrasco, Sydney Torin Shepard
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

  • Human / Nature (2024)

    Human / Nature (2024)
    A site-specific event for Fotografiska

    Choreography - Lynn Parkerson
    Additional Choreography - Nicole von Arx, Brian Henry, Ladell Thomas

  • Scripture (2023)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson and the dancers

    Music: J.S Bach, Jesu meine Freude
    Visual Artist - Avram Finkelstein
    Costumes: Hilla Shapira
    Additional choreography by Micheal Fields, Catie Kirch, Ladell Thomas

  • Arena (2022)

    Choreography - A collection of solos and duets choreographed and performed by Brooklyn Ballet Dancers.

  • M.O.B (2022)

    Choreographed and performed by Bobby Major, Michael Fields, Ladell Thomas
    Music: Childish Gambino, Onra, Bush Babees

  • Unnatural Surrounding (2022)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson, in collaboration with the performing artists
    Poetry: Jasmine Mans, Greenwood, Birmingham, The Light
    Music: Malcolm Parson, Sonic Relief II
    Costume design: Hilla Shapira

  • Missing (2022)

    Choreography: Jeremy McQueen, in collaboration with the performing artists
    Music: Jonathan Bailey Holland, Monochrome
    Costume design: Lauren Starobin

  • Sonic Relief (2021)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson, in collaboration with the dancers
    Music: Malcolm Parson

  • Intersection (2020)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Malcolm Parson
    Collaborating Choreographer: Michael "Big Mike" Fields

  • Quartet (2020)

    Choreographed and performed by: James Fable, Micheal Fields, Bobby Major, Ladell Thomas
    Music: Cesare Pugni, Black Coffee, Thegoodies, Rihanna, Zapp and Roger, I Can Make You Dance

  • Pas de Deux (2017)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Jean-Phillippe Rameau, Gavotte et Six Doubles
    Visual Artist: Cornelia Thomsen
    Collaborating Choreographer: James “Floats” Fable

  • The Big Goat (2017)

    Choreography: Michael “Big Mike” Fields
    Music: Rodgers & Hammerstein, The Sound of Music

  • The Brooklyn Nutcracker (2016)

    Concept/Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker
    Art Direction/Set Design: Avram Finkelstein
    Costume Design: Hilla Shapira, Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Sylvia Nolan, YMX by Yellowman, Patricia Forelle
    Collaborating Choreographers: Thomas Baird, Michael “Big Mike” Fields, Claudia Jeschke, Sira Melikian, Sydnie Mosley
    Technologist: Nicholas Vermeer
    Lighting Design: David Forni, Saúl Ulerio

  • Spiders, Cooks, and Mood Swings (2013)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Collaborators: Michael “Mike Supreme” Fields, Sydnie Mosley 
    Music: Igor Stravinsky, Suite Italienne
    Costumes: Patricia Forelle

  • Etude for Women (1994)

    Choreography - Lynn Parkerson
    Music - Mme. Duval
    Costumes - Hilla Shapira

Historical Works

  • La Folia (1700/2001)

    Bessie nomination 2011
    Choreography: Raoul Auger Feuillet / Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Archangelo Corelli
    Baroque Reconstruction: Thomas Baird
    Costumes: Patricia Forelle

  • Pas de Quatre (1845)

    Choreography: Jules Perrot, Restaged by Anton Dolin in 1941
    Music: Cesare Pugni
    Costume Design: Sylvia Nolan

  • Justament Suite (1859)

    Choreography: Henri Justamant
    Reconstruction: Robert Atwood and Claudia Jeschke
    Music: Joseph Luigini, Friedrich Burgmueller

    La Tirolienne
    Pas de L'abeille
    Entree la Esmerelda

  • Chopin Dances (1909/2012)

    Choreography: Isadora Duncan, Michel Fokine
    Concept and Direction: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Frederic Chopin
    Costumes: Patricia Forelle
    Fokine choreography courtesy of Isabelle Fokine

  • Revolutionary Étude (1923)

    Choreography: Isadora Duncan
    Music: Alexander Scriabin, Revolutionary Etude 

  • The Four Temperaments, Themes 1-3 (1946)

    Choreography: George Balanchine (1904-1983)
    Music: Paul Hindemith
    Courtesy of The Balanchine Trust

  • Fandango (1908-1987)

    Music: Antonio Soler, Fandango
    Costumes: Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan
    Staging: Diana Byer and Elena Zahlmann

  • Duet from Landrover (1972)

    Choreography: Merce Cunningham (1919-2009)
    Music: John Cage, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma
    Courtesy of The Merce Cunningham Trust

Past Repertory

  • Kunst oder Unfall (Art or Accident) (2018)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Abbie Conant, Augusta Laar, Kalle Laar
    Trombone: Abbie Conant
    Keyboard/Poetry: Augusta Laar
    Electronics/Guitar: Katie Laar
    Dance: Lynn Parkerson

    A project for the Shamrack Women's Poetry Festival supported by the Munich Office of Cultural Affairs.

  • Found and Lost (2017)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Malcolm Parson, Ti Gason Nwa, Lester Young, Lester Leaps In
    Collaborating Choreographers: Brenda Bufalino, Bobby “Anime” Major

  • Spectres (2017)

    Concept: Claudia Jeschke
    Choreography: Michel Fokine, Belinda McGuire
    Music: Carl Maria von Weber, Aufforderung zum Tanz

  • Martha (The Searchers) (2017)

    Choreography: Julia K. Gleich
    Visual Artist: Elana Herzog
    Music: Various (Robert Bluesman, Patsy Kline, Nick Cave, Max Steiner, Dolly Parton)

  • This Dance Goes Like This (2015)

    Choreography: David Fernandez
    Music: Malcolm Parson, Floating, Secret Window, 7+5

  • Same Differents (2015)

    Choreographed and Performed by: Emily Oleson and Kwame Opare
    Music: Remix by Kwame Opare

  • Earth and Crown (2015)

    (work-in-progress)

    Choreography: Matthew Powell
    Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G Minor Op. 23, Suite No. 1 Op. 5 IV Russian Easter, Étude in E Flat Minor Op. 33, Étude in D Major Op. 39 No. 9

  • 3 Marys (2014)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Nicola Matteis
    Costumes: Patricia Forelle

  • The Solitude (2014)

    Choreography: Julia K. Gleich
    Music: Malcolm Parson
    Costumes: Tamara Gonzales

  • Quilt/One Night Stand (2014)

    Choreography: Julia K. Gleich and Lynn Parkerson
    Music: John Cage, Shelley Hirsch, Andre Matorin, Baba Israel, Andrew Drury, Russ Lossing, Jen Baker
    Costumes: YMX by Yellowman
    Set and Sound Design: Libby Hartle, Ranjit Bhatnagar/David Chang

  • Creature Comfort (2014)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson and Michael "Big Mike" Fields
    Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Lute Concerto in D Major

  • Snap (2014)

    Choreography: James "J-Floats" Fable and Michael "Big Mike" Fields
    Music: Temu Bacot, Take Back the Funk

  • Tracing Back (1999-2013)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin
    Set and Sound Design: NYC Resistors; Ranjit Bhatnagar, Nick Vermeer, Bill Ward
    Costumes: YMX by Yellowman
    Drawings: Cornelia Thomsen

  • Close to You (2011)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Collaborator: Michael “Mike Supreme” Fields
    Music: Burt Bacharach/Bjork, Iain Ballamy, The Kinks, Kunst Oder Unfall, Jim Papoulis
    Costumes: YMX by Yellowman

  • Brooklyn Caprice (2007)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: G.F. Handel, Jay-Z, Tinarawen, Rick James, Ivy Queen, Sean Paul, Lalo, Jim Papoulis
    Costumes: Patricia Ankner Forelle, Lauren Hartlein, Leah Mulartrick

    World Premiere: March 2, 2007, Kumble Theater, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

    “Brooklyn Caprice was Brooklyn Ballet's first piece combining ballet and hip hop and paved the way for future collaborations. Its aliveness comes from the free flowing communication between dancers of wide-ranging styles.” - Lynn Parkerson, Artistic Director

  • Articulos Femeninos (2006)

    Choreography: Caridad Martinez
    Music: M.I.A., KTU, Gustavo Santaolalla, Flaco Jimenez
    Film and Costumes: Jessica Sofia Mitrani

    World Premiere: October 26, 2006, Festival Cervantino, San Cristobel, Mexico

  • Duo (2006)

    Choreography: Caridad Martinez
    Music: Egberto Gismontti, Sonos Cubanos, G.F Handel
    Costumes: Jessica Sofia Mitrani

    World Premiere: June 15, 2006, Tobacco Warehouse, Dumbo, Brooklyn

  • Mystery Sonatas (2005)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: H.I.F. Biber
    Baroque Reconstruction: Thomas Baird
    Costumes: Patricia Forelle

    World Premiere: October 21, 2005, Kumble Theater, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

  • The Green Dress (1983, 1996)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson
    Music: Traditional, Son Ar Christr, arranged by Malcolm Parson; Parting Friends, Windham, arranged by Matthew Brookshire.

  • Quartet (2020)

    Choreographed and performed by: James Fable, Micheal Fields, Bobby Major, Ladell Thomas
    Music: Cesare Pugni, Black Coffee, Superman, Thegoodies, Freely, Rihanna, Work 2.0, Zapp and Roger, I Can Make You Dance

  • Buck Dance? (2005)

    Choreography Matthew Olwell

  • Classical Repertory

    The Nutcracker Pas de Deux, Le Corsaire Pas de Deux, Don Quixote Pas de Deux, White Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake's Second Act, Pas de Trois from Swan Lake's First Act