Wendy Whelan and Benjamin Millepied in the world premiere of Concerto DSCH. Photo: Paul Kolnik.

Darci Kistler as the Sleepwalker with Nikolaj Hübbe as the Poet in Balanchine’s “La Sonnambula”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

The Bolshoi female corps de ballet in the Shades scene of La Bayadère. Photograph: Dee Conway.

Sterling Hyltin, front center, performing "Odessa" on May 4 with fellow members of the New York City Ballet: From left, Joaquin De Luz, Amar Ramasar and Taylor Stanley. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.

Amar Ramasar and Sara Mearns in the world premiere of Justin Peck’s “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.

Sara Mearns and Amar Ramasar of New York City Ballet in the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" at the David H. Koch Theater. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.

Miami City Ballet dancers performing in Alexei Ratmansky's "Symphonic Dances," set to music by Rachmaninoff. Photograph: Daniel Azoulay

New York City Ballet Company members in "Year of the Rabbit," at David H. Koch Theater. Photograph: Paula Lobo.

Justin Peck used members of the School of American Ballet for his “Tales of a Chinese Zodiac,” set to music by Sufjan Stevens, on Saturday at the New York Choreographic Institute’s presentation. Photograph: Julieta Cervantes

Sarah Lamb and Carlos Acosta of the Royal Ballet in Jerome Robbins’s “Afternoon of a Faun”. Photograph: Peter Mcdiarmid, Getty Images.

Jerome Robbins rehearsing “The Concert” in 1956 with New York City Ballet. New York City Ballet Archives.

Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle in Mauro Bigonzetti’s Oltremare. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

Ekaterina Kondaurova and Islom Baimuradov in Alexei Ratmansky’s Middle Duet