Also on the program is a suite of dances set to songs by Queen.
"Divertimento" is a typical Balanchine concoction: a suite of dances, set to a score redolent of Tchaikovsky.
Benjamin Millepied (replacing the injured étoile Nicholas Le Riche) achieved just that naturalness in Jerome Robbins's "Suite of Dances," set to extracts from Bach's solo cello suites.
Danspace Project remounts the beguiling suite of dances, set to operatic arias and structured around the coming together and pulling apart of groups of men and women.
His newest ballet, "Without," is a suite of dances set to Chopin preludes, a tribute of sorts to one of his early mentors, Jerome Robbins.
This time around, the choreographer offers a suite of dances set to "Pictures at an Exhibition," Modest Mussorgsky's tribute to the young painter Viktor Hartmann.
"Higher Ground," a New York premiere for the 19-member ensemble, was a suite of dances set to and seemingly inspired by songs by Earth, Wind and Fire.
But Ms. James unleashed her wonderfully nutty storytelling and sense of humor fully in "Animal Songs," a suite of dances set to her own scores and music by Donovan, Kate Bush and the delicious Yma Sumac.
Ryan Kelly seemed to be less interested in the new or imaginative than in the undiluted language of classical ballet, in which he reveled in "Suite of Sounds," set to music by Lou Harrison.
These volumes, bound in light brown leather and marked with Roman numerals, will eventually be put on display, along with other choice items, in a special suite of rooms set aside for the Hyde Collection.
