Performance Details
GERALD R. FORD AMPHITHEATER
This first UpClose rehearsal-style performance for 2021 celebrates American Ballet Theatre principal dancer and Vail Dance Festival Artist-In-Residence Calvin Royal III. Hosted by Artistic Director Damian Woetzel, Royal will be joined by partners including Isabella Boylston, Unity Phelan, and Melissa Toogood, in repertory that will include works by George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, and Christopher Wheeldon, as well as a first look at the new ballets being created for Royal this season by Tiler Peck and Jamar Roberts.
Calvin Royal III in George Balanchine’s Apollo. Photo by Christopher Duggan.
Performance time, casting and repertory are subject to change
Ticketing
Due to potential limitations on venue capacity, we are ticketing in tiered groups this season. The donor pre-sale will begin at the end of April and tickets are scheduled to go on sale to the public at the end of May. We will provide more information soon. Stay tuned!