Copland Dance Episodes

American music, American dance. Aaron Copland's scores — Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid — defined what American classical music sounds like: wide-open, optimistic, rhythmically alive. These ballet episodes set Copland's most iconic music in motion, with choreography that draws on folk dance, modern dance, and classical ballet. It sounds like a prairie and moves like New York. One of the most distinctly American programs NYCB offers.