Anna Sui and Zac Posen Design Costumes for New York City Ballet

COLLABORATION

BEAUTIFUL AT THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET WITH ZAC POSEN AND ANNA SUI

MAY 30, 2019

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by KRISTOPHER FRASER

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of BRAND

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On September 26, 2019 New York City Ballet will present its annual Fall Fashion Gala, celebrating the choreography and costume design with two world premiere works showcasing some of today’s most exciting artists from the worlds of dance and fashion. The lucky designers selected for this year are none other than Zac Posen and Anna Sui.

For the company’s eight edition of the Fall Fashion Gala, Edwaard Liang, artistic director of BalletMet and a former dancer with NYCB and Nederlands Dans Theater, will create his first original work for NYCB where Anna Sui’s costumes will be featured. The music for the Liang preimiere will be an untitled new work for solo violin and orchestra by composer Oliver Davis, which will debut at the Fall Gala performance.

The second world premiere will be choreographed by New York City Ballet Principal Dancer and choreographer Lauren Lovette. Her third work for NYCB, the new Lovette premiere will be set to Tan Dun’s Fire Ritual for solo violin and orchestra, and will feature costumes by Zac Posen.

The New York City Ballet x Zac Posen x Anna Sui

The evening will also include a performance of George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, a pillar of New York City Ballet’s repertory since 1948, set to music by Georges Bizet and featuring costumes redesigned in 2012 by NYCB director of costumes Marc Happel. All three works on the gala program will feature lighting designed by NYCB Resident Lighting Designer Mark Stanley.

The NYCB Fall Fashion Gala was originally conceived by Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, and launched in 2012 with a gala celebrating acclaimed fashion designer Valentino. Past galas have featured costumes by designers including Virgil Abloh of Off-White, Rosie Assoulin, Thom Browne, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Alberta Ferretti, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim of Monse and Oscar de la Renta, Prabal Gurung, and Carolina Herrera. All of the designs have been created in house at the New York City Ballet Costume Shop in collaboration with the designers and NYCB’s director of costumes Marc Happel.

Since the inception of the first Fall Fashion Gala in 2012, the annual event has raised more than $17 million for New York City Ballet. The Chairs for the eight edition of the event will include Parker and co-chairs of Mazdack Rassi, Zanna Roberts Rassi, Kelly Ripa, and Lizzie Tisch. The 2019 Fall Gala is sponsored by BNY Mellon.

Zac Posen Resort 2020

“On September 26, 2019 New York City Ballet will present its annual Fall Fashion Gala, celebrating the choreography and costume design with two world premiere works showcasing some of today’s most exciting artists from the worlds of dance and fashion.”

Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2020

Zac Posen Resort 2020

Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2020

“The NYCB Fall Fashion Gala was originally conceived by Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, and launched in 2012 with a gala celebrating acclaimed fashion designer Valentino.”

Zac Posen Resort 2020

Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2020

Zac Posen Resort 2020

Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2020

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