This program consists of two works that connect one of the most influential classical choreographers with an emerging new talent.

A Boston premiere, The Dream is a one act ballet that tells the story of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream and is filled with mischievous characters, elaborate costumes, and lighthearted humor. The Dream features some of the finest choreography in existence. It is one of Ashton’s most widely performed ballets and a true British classic.

Like carefully setting glass into its frame, The Leisurely Installation of a New Window suggests that transcendence is not sudden but gradual, unfolding over time. Across three movements: Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis, the work examines how individuals and societies live inside systems that no longer resolve cleanly. The Seeker believes in the system’s logic, asking it to remain coherent, stable, and true. The People, by contrast, adapt fluently within existing constraints, while The Reformers recalibrate those conditions. Moving between belief and adaptability, structure and elasticity, the work considers what it means to endure instability, inviting the audience to witness transformation as a gradual, lived process.

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