Ballet

Selection of works set to music by Bach

3 upcoming performances in New York

At New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center, “Selection of works set to music by Bach” gathers dances shaped by Johann Sebastian Bach’s orchestral and solo scores. The program treats Bach less as period accompaniment than as architectural framework, letting counterpoint and formal clarity steer contemporary choreography. In a city where Balanchine’s Bach ballets helped define the company’s identity, this kind of repertory reads as both local history and ongoing experiment. One clear effect is how the dancing makes musical structure visible without needing story.