A high-profile group of international ballet stars from the Royal Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater will come to the Joyce Theater from Aug. 6 through Aug. 18, for its 2019 Ballet Festival. Among the dancers: David Hallberg, Maria Kowroski, Robert Fairchild, Sarah Lamb and Joseph Gordon. The Joyce announced on Monday that the festival has been planned by Kevin O’Hare, the director of the Royal Ballet, who invited three artists — the Royal Ballet principals Lauren Cuthbertson and Edward Watson, and the designer Jean-Marc Puissant — to plan programs alongside his own. “Ed Watson has done some of this already and has a great interest in new choreography. Lauren is really interested in what’s going on in the dance world and it’s a new venture for her.

Source: International New York Times July 01, 2019 19:07 UTC