Dancers from Boston Ballet in Helen Pickett's "Eventide," a dance for five male-female couples, set to music by Michael Nyman, Jan Garbarek and Philip Glass. Photographs by Michael Lutch.

Damian Smith and members of the San Francisco Ballet performing Margaret Jenkins's "Thread" at the New Works Festival. Photograph: Erik Tomasson.

Gennadi Nedvigin, Joan Boada and Jaime Garcia Castilla in Yuri Possokhov's "Fusion." Photograph: Erik Tomasson

Members of San Francisco Ballet in Mark Morris’s Drink to Me Only. Photograph: Erik Tomasson.

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

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Rachel Rutherford and Wendy Whelan in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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

A scene from Mr. Peck's "Pulcinella Variations." Photograph: Andrea Mohin.

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.

Gonzalo Garcia, center, with, from left, Sara Mearns, Kristen Segin and Claire Kretzschmar of New York City Ballet performing in "The Decalogue" on Friday at the David H. Koch Theater of Lincoln Center. Andrea Mohin.

Sara Mearns in "The Shimmering Asphalt" by Pontus Lidberg Thursday evening at the David H. Koch Theater. Photographer:. Andrea Mohin.

Justin Peck, resident choreographer with New York City Ballet. His latest work, "Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes," gives new life to music by Aaron Copland. Photograph: Alex Cretey-Systermans.

From left, Taylor Stanley, Anthony Huxley and Brittany Pollack in Justin Peck's "Scherzo Fantastique," his third work for the New York City Ballet's 2015-16 season. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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.

New York City Ballet in “Everywhere We Go” at the David H. Koch Theater. Photograph: Andrea Mohin

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

"Firebird" with Jonathan Stafford and Teresa Reichlen. Photograph: Julieta Cervantes