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.

  • Scripture (2023)

    Choreography: Lynn Parkerson and the dancers
    Music: J.S Bach, Jesu meine Freude
    Costumes: Hilla Shapira
    Additional choreography by Micheal Fields, Catie Kirch, Ladell Thomas

  • Fandango (1963)

    Choreography: Antony Tudor (1908-1987)
    Music: Antonio Soler, Fandango
    Costumes: Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan
    Staging: Diana Byer and Elena Zahlmann

  • 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

  • M.O.B. (2022)

    Choreographed and performed by Bobby Major, Michael Fields, Ladell Thomas
    Music: Childish Gambino, This is America (Pastel Remix); Onra, Hold Tight; Bush Babees, Remember We (Salaam Remix)

  • 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

  • Sonic Relief (2021)

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

  • Intersection

    Intersection (2020)

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

  • 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

  • Pas de Deux (2017)

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

  • Spectres (2017)

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

  • The Big Goat (2017)

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

  • Martha (The Searchers) (2017)

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

  • Snow flakes dancing with motion sensor LED tutus

    The Brooklyn Nutcracker (2016)

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

    World Premiere: December 7, 2016, The Brooklyn Museum

  • 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

  • Spiders, Cooks, and Mood Swings (2013)

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

  • 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

  • Chopin Dances (2012)

    Concept and Direction: Lynn Parkerson
    Choreography: Isadora Duncan, Michel Fokine
    Music: Frederic Chopin, excerpts from Les Sylphides
    Costumes: Patricia Forelle

    World Premiere: April 6, 2012, Kumble Theater, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

  • 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

  • Buck Dance? (2005)

    Choreography Matthew Olwell

  • La Folia (1700/2001)

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

  • The Green Dress (1983, 1996)

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

  • Duet from Landrover (1972)

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

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

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

  • Revolutionary Étude (1923)

    Choreography: Isadora Duncan
    Music: Alexander Scriabin, Revolutionary Etude 

  • 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

  • Pas de Quatre (1845)

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

  • 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