Copland Dance Episodes New York Performances

Presented by New York City Ballet, *Copland Dance Episodes* draws on Aaron Copland’s concert suite assembled from his film score for *Our Town*, translating its small-town Americana into distilled, abstract ballet. The company, founded in 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, places the work within a repertory that has long tested how “American” music can read through classical form. Copland’s open harmonies and plainspoken rhythms give the dancers a clear architectural frame. One effect is to make nostalgia feel observed rather than indulged.