May 1, 2023
In part one of this week’s special Hear the Dance episode, legendary former Principal Dancer Allegra Kent joins host and fellow former Principal Jared Angle to discuss her beginnings as a dancer. From joining Bronislava Najinska's intermediate class full of GIs fresh from World War II at the age of 11, to entering the School of American Ballet at 14, to premiering in the corps of Symphony in C as an apprentice a year later, Kent describes the whirlwind of her early years with the Company—capped off with the first featured role created for her: that of the lead in Balanchine’s The Unanswered Question from Ivesiana. (40:37)
Edited by Emilie Silvestri
Music:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor
Stravinsky
Agon (1953-56) by Igor Stravinsky
Based on themes from operas by Vincenzo Bellini, including La
Sonnambula, Il Puritani, Norma and I Capuleti e i Montecchi
(1830-1835) by Vittorio Rieti
The Unanswered Question (1908) by Charles Ives
Symphony No. 1 in C major (1855) by Georges Bizet
All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra