BalletCollective
in Millbrook 2025

July 25-26, 2025
Millbrook School

BalletCollective's annual summer residency in Millbrook has been essential to our artistic process since 2015.

BALLETCOLLECTIVE IN MILLBROOK
Friday, July 25, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm
Start: 7pm

Saturday, July 26, 2025
Doors: 4:30pm
Start: 5pm

HOLBROOK ARTS CENTER
AT MILLBROOK SCHOOL
131 Millbrook School Rd
Millbrook, NY 12545

Tickets: $25 (+fees)
Children/Student Tickets: $10 (+fees)

Seating in the Chelsea Morrison Theater will be general admission on a first-come, first-served basis. (All seats in the intimate theater have an excellent view of the stage!)

Performance duration is approximately 45 minutes with no intermission.

We invite you to join us at Millbrook School's Holbrook Arts Center for the annual tradition of previewing our newest ballets-in-progress in advance of their world premiere in New York City in October.

Featuring new ballets choreographed by Alysa Pires and Chloe Crenshaw.

Performed by a cast including dancers from New York City Ballet set to commissioned scores by Nicky Sohn and 7038634357 (Neo Gibson).

Immerse yourself in artistry, innovation, and the sheer beauty of dance.

Following each performance, all attendees are invited to join BalletCollective and our artists to mingle over drinks.

MEET THE 2025 COMMISSIONED ARTISTS

COLLECTIVE #1

COMPOSER
Nicky Sohn

SOURCE ARTIST
linn meyers, visual artist

CHOREOGRAPHER
Alysa Pires, Recipient of BalletCollective’s 2025 Commission for Developing Choreographers

PIRES/SOHN/MEYERS DANCERS, ALL CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY OF NEW YORK CITY BALLET Jacqueline Bologna, Preston Chamblee, David Gabriel, Miriam Miller, Sebastián Villarini-Vélez, Kloe Walker

A woman with long dark hair and makeup sitting at a grand piano with sheet music open, surrounded by indoor plants in a brightly lit room.
A woman with short dark hair, wearing a black shirt, sitting at a green table against a dark green background, smiling and looking to her left.
Woman with wavy dark hair, glasses, black t-shirt, and blue jeans standing in art gallery. She is touching her chest with her right hand and has her left hand on her hip. Behind her are two abstract paintings, one large and one small, featuring blue, green, and beige tones.

CHOREOGRAPHER
Chloe Crenshaw, Recipient of BalletCollective’s 2025 Commission for Developing Choreographers

COLLECTIVE #2

COMPOSER
7038634357 (Neo Gibson)

SOURCE ARTIST
Siyan Camille Ji, visual artist

A young woman with short brown hair and blue eyes wearing a black tank top, standing against a plain background.
A young woman with shoulder-length black hair and natural makeup, wearing a black and white patterned top, standing in a room with sunlight casting shadows on her face, with blurred photos or artwork on the wall behind her.
A woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing glasses, with a red overlay and soft focus.

CRENSHAW/GIBSON/JI DANCERS D'Angelo Castro, Sydney Chow, Carsyn Gekas

Artist portraits by Aleksandar Antonijevic, Gyooyeon Kim, Chantal Anderson, Hannah Mayfield, Neo Gibson, Jewon An.