A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 2025 New York City Center Performance Schedule
THURSDAY, APRIL 10 at 7:30pm
Dance Community Night
The Cookout (NY Premiere)—Robert Garland
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Company Premiere)—William Forsythe
The Passage of Being (World Premiere)—Jodie Gates
Donizetti Variations (Company Premiere)—George Balanchine
Pre-show and post-show DJ and dancing in the Grand Tier Lobby.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11 at 6:30pm
Dance Theatre of Harlem Vision Gala
Ava DuVernay, Gala Chair
Ben Vereen, Honorary Gala Chair
With D-Nice and Kenny Burns
Gala Program
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Company Premiere)—William Forsythe
Excerpts from Donizetti Variations (Company Premiere)—George Balanchine
We Are All Brown (Excerpt) – Robert Garland
Commemorating Brown v. Board of Education
With Oration from Janai Nelson, President of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
SATURDAY, APRIL 12 at 7:30pm
Divine Nine/HBCU Night
Return—Robert Garland
Donizetti Variations (Company Premiere)—George Balanchine
The Passage of Being (World Premiere)—Jodie Gates
The Cookout (NY Premiere)—Robert Garland
Pre-show and post-show DJ and dancing in the Grand Tier Lobby.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 at 3pm
Meet the Ballerina Matinee
The Cookout (NY Premiere)—Robert Garland
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Company Premiere)—William Forsythe
The Passage of Being (World Premiere)—Jodie Gates
Donizetti Variations (Company Premiere)—George Balanchine
Pre-show DJ and dancing in the Grand Tier Lobby.
Meet the Ballerina event immediately follows the performance..."
