Flower Festival in Genzano

To improve your experience on our site and ensure your security, please upgrade to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge. This popular stand-alone piece excerpted from August Bournonville’s full-length Flower Festival in Genzano presents two young lovers demonstrating the choreographer’s signature fleet-footed choreography, slowing down only for a romantic pas de deux. August Bournonville, the 19th-century choreographer who left a lasting imprint on the Royal Danish Ballet, created the full-length Flower Festival in Genzano in 1858, with a theme based on an Alexandre Dumas tale. The complete work was last danced in 1929 in Copenhagen, but this pas de deux has survived. It demonstrates the grace and charm that characterize Bournonville dancing, which is the foundation of the Danish style. Balanchine served as ballet master of the Royal Danish Ballet in the early 1930s, and he greatly admired and was influenced by Bournonville’s work. Isabella LaFreniere and Ryan Tomash demonstrating strength and sensitivity in their debut performance of August Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano Pas De Deux. Enter your name and email address to receive email communications from New York City Ballet, including special offers, on-sale dates, and other updates.