Alina Cojocaru guests as London City Ballet returns to New York’s Joyce Theater
Jerome Robbins’s Quiet City is back on a New York stage for the first time since 1991, alongside a centenary revival of Glen Tetley’s gothic Firebird.
London City Ballet is returning to The Joyce Theatre in New York, with two mixed programmes running from 27 October to 1 November 2026. Christopher Marney, the company’s artistic director, said he was delighted to announce the return after its appearance in September 2024.
The programmes bring together works by John Neumeier, Glen Tetley, Jerome Robbins, Ashley Page, Florent Melac and Tasha Chu, pairing new ballets with 20th- and 21st-century revivals, with Alina Cojocaru guest-starring in selected performances.
Two programmes
The first programme centres on Neumeier’s Ghost Light, a haunting reflection on the spirits of artists who once inhabited our stages, with Cojocaru as guest. It also brings Robbins’s Quiet City back to the New York stage for the first time since 1991, alongside Ashley Page’s Mephisto Waltz and Tasha Chu’s Soon.
The second programme is a tribute to the American choreographer Glen Tetley in his centenary year, reviving his rarely seen, gothic retelling of Firebird. It is paired with Mephisto Waltz and Florent Melac’s Soft Shore, performed with live music – three distinct choreographic voices in one evening.
Throughout the week, the company aims to restore rarely seen works to the stage alongside a new generation of choreography.
A company reborn
London City Ballet was founded by Harold King in 1978 and became the resident company of Sadler’s Wells and an internationally recognised touring ensemble, with Diana, Princess of Wales as its Royal Patron. It closed in 1996. Marney reformed it in 2023, and it returned to the stage the following year, commissioning contemporary voices while bringing significant works from ballet history back into the repertory.
Dates and booking
The Joyce Theater, Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium, 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street, New York.
- Programme A (Mephisto Waltz, Soon, Quiet City, Ghost Light with Alina Cojocaru): Tuesday 27 October, 7.30pm; Wednesday 28 October, 7.30pm; Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm.
- Programme B (Mephisto Waltz, Soft Shore with live music, Firebird): Thursday 29 October, 7.30pm; Friday 30 October, 7.30pm; Saturday 31 October, 2pm; Sunday 1 November, 2pm.
Tickets $17–$82 from joyce.org
