Ballet

Works inspired by Bach

1 upcoming performance in New York

At New York City Ballet, *Works inspired by Bach* gathers dances built around the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, treating his concertos and solo writing as both structure and provocation. Baroque rhythms and contrapuntal lines are translated into a contemporary ballet vocabulary that traces the company’s Balanchine lineage while testing how far that tradition can stretch. Bach’s presence at NYCB has long functioned as a kind of repertory touchstone, returning the company to questions of musical architecture. One clear effect is that the choreography can feel less like narrative than like analysis in motion.