New York City Ballet Inc

The company had its annual summer residency at the saratoga performing arts center from july 16 to july 21, 2019. due to covid-19, the companys other planned touring engagements had to be cancelled.

During the 2019-20 season, new york city ballet (nycb) reached approximately 25,000 students, families, young people, and adults with education and public programs both in-person and virtually. nycb conducted three distinct multi-workshop residency programs in predominantly title i nyc public schools for approximately 5,800 students from first through fifth grades, with an emphasis on creative expression, student dancemaking, and literacy. nycb teaching artists in collaboration with classroom teachers introduce students to ballets by george balanchine, jerome robbins, and contemporary choreographers, and engage students with themes in the choreography and music, focusing on dancemaking through collaborative creative writing and movement. a key component of each residency is students attendance at a matinee performance especially for them. company dancers and musicians perform full-length performances in costume on the companys stage accompanied by new york city ballets orchestra; for many students, it is their first time attending a professional performance. in spring 2020, the nyc department of education closed public schools for the remainder of the school year. as a result, nycb worked with its teaching artists to offer the remaining workshops virtually so that students could complete the programs at home. public programs in 2019-20 included family saturdays, an onstage presentation that introduces children and their families to nycb and its repertory, featuring short works performed by company dancers who are accompanied by nycb musicians. the family-5 program offers $5 discounted tickets to social service organizations, veterans groups, special needs organizations, organizations for the deaf and hard of hearing communities, and nyc council members for their constituents. all family saturdays offer priority seating for those who are deaf or hard of hearing in addition to an american sign language interpreter. the 2019-20 season offered two family saturdays programs which were attended by approximately 3,000 people. a total of 275 discount tickets were purchased through the family-5 program. nycb also offered movement workshops throughout the season for children and adults led by nycb teaching artists and company dancers which introduce participants to basic ballet vocabulary, movement combinations, and short excerpts that coincide with the current repertory being performed. the company also offered theater tours for children and young adults as well as two one-hour onstage presentations that explore the history and inner workings of nycb through performance and discussion. approximately 8,000 people participated in one of nycbs public programs in 2019-20. for the first time, in spring 2020, nycb offered online workshops for children and adults, all of which were free to participants. ballet breaks, for children ages 3 to 8, offered saturday morning movement workshops led by nycb dancers via zoom. over the course of 12 workshops nycb reached approximately 4,500 households from across the united states, spain, south africa, india, cyprus, russia, tanzania, and several other countries across the world. ballet essentials online offered movement workshops led by nycb dancers for young adults and adults via zoom. over the course of 11 workshops, nycb reached approximately 4,000 people from across the united states, switzerland, singapore, japan, israel, mexico, australia, brazil, as well as several other countries. nycbs access programs offered a variety of free programming for people with physical and cognitive disabilities. programs included movement workshops led by nycb dancers and teaching artists in the companys rehearsal studios, artist visits to medical and educational facilities, and attendance at performances at the koch t