After

CHOREOGRAPHY Lia Cirio
MUSIC Lera Auerbach
24 preludes for violin and piano selections*
SET DESIGN John Farrell
COSTUME DESIGN Marija Djordjevic
LIGHTING DESIGN Brandon Stirling Baker

World Premiere
October 24, 2024, Citizens Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts

VIOLIN Christine Vitale, Boston Ballet Orchestra Concertmaster
PIANO Alex Foaksman, Principal Solo Pianist

SEO HYE HAN   HALEY SCHWAN
TYSON ALI CLARK   PATRICK YOCUM

Abigail Merlis   Kyra Muttilainen   Sydney Williams
Lawrence Rines Munro   Alexander Nicolosi    Isaac Mueller

*By arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner

20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

Herman Schmerman

CHOREOGRAPHY William Forsythe
MUSIC Thom Willems
“Herman Schmerman”
STAGE DESIGN William Forsythe
COSTUME DESIGN William Forsythe, Gianni Versace
LIGHTING DESIGN Tanja Rühl
STAGING Noah Gelber

World Premiere
May 26, 1992, The Diamond Project, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York (quintet)
September 26, 1992; Ballet Frankfurt, Opera House, Frankfurt, Germany (full version)
Boston Ballet Premiere
May 7, 2026, Citizens Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts

CHISAKO OGA  LAUREN HERFINDAHL   JI YOUNG CHAE
DANIEL R. DURRETT   LAWRENCE RINES MUNRO

VIKTORINA KAPITONOVA   DANIEL RUBIN

*By arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner

20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

Dances at a Gathering

CHOREOGRAPHY Jerome Robbins
MUSIC Frédéric Chopin*
*Mazurka, op. 63, no. 3; Waltz, op. 69, no. 2; Mazurka, op. 33, no. 3; Mazurka, op. 6, no. 4; Mazurka, op. 7, no. 5; Mazurka, op. 7, no. 4; Mazurka, op. 24, no. 2; Mazurka, op. 6, no. 2; Waltz, op. 42; Waltz, op. 34, no. 2; Mazurka, op. 56, no. 2; Etude, op. 25, no. 4; Waltz, op. 34, no. 1; Waltz, op. 70, no. 2; Etude, op 25, no. 5; Etude, op. 10, no. 2; Scherzo, op. 20; Nocturne, op. 15, no. 1.
COSTUME DESIGN Joe Eula
LIGHTING DESIGN Jennifer Tipton, recreated by Brandon Stirling Baker
STAGING Ben Huys
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Russell Kaiser

World Premiere
May 22, 1969, New York City Ballet
Boston Ballet Premiere
May 7, 2026, Citizens Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts

PIANIST Nan Ni

Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
Mr. Robbins has dedicated this ballet to the memory of Jean Rosenthal.

WITH APPRECIATION

Boston Ballet is grateful to the Catalyst Fund, with major support from the Abrams Foundation.
This production of Lia Cirio’s After has been made possible by a generous gift from Ellen Slaby and Bruce Richardson.
The commission of Lia Cirio’s After was made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous donor with additional support from the Robert Ho Sherblom Dancer Fund.
The Company premiere of William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman has been made possible by
a generous gift from Lisa and Tom Blumenthal.
Boston Ballet expresses its deepest gratitude to Lisa and Tom Blumenthal for their extraordinary support of William Forsythe and his relationship with Boston Ballet.
This production of Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering has been made possible by a generous gift from Leslie and Howard Appleby. Additional support has been provided by Diane Coulopoulos.

Casting is subject to change.

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Performance length: Approximately two hours and 50 minutes with two 20 minute intermissions.

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