Emerging choreographers are given the opportunity to develop new works using advanced students of the School.
Students are in turn given the opportunity to experience the making of ballets first hand.
Presented in studio performances, the New Choreography Workshop is observed by other choreographers, faculty and friends of the School, and the creators are encouraged to analyze their efforts. The workshops insure a favorable atmosphere for creativity without the pressures normally associated with premieres in public performance. For the 2000-2001 school year, eight current SAB students and three alumni now dancing with NYCB choreographed short works for the SAB Choreography Workshop. The choreographers were Dustin Brauneck, Igor Burlak, Julia Cherlow, Ashley Bouder, Zali Grinberg, Andrew Kaminski, Nina Patel, Avichai Scher, Aaron Severini, Zoe Zein and Melissa Barak. They created the ballets on SAB students.