

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dance & Performance: “Tell Me Where It Comes From” by Emily Coates
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This portrait of George Balanchine’s legacy arrives at The Wadsworth on Thursday, February 26 after a sold-out premiere at Guggenheim New York, presented by Works &amp; Process.

Spurred by George Balanchine’s brief yet pivotal 1933 touchdown in Hartford, Connecticut, dancer, writer, and choreographer Emily Coates gathered artifacts of his lingering presence in archives throughout the region. Drawing on her background as a former member of New York City Ballet, Coates creates an unexpected portrait of Balanchine’s choreographic legacy, working in collaboration with Ain Gordon (director), Derek Lucci (performer, co-creator), Charles Burnham (violinist, composer), Melvin Chen (pianist), Krista Smith (lighting design), and Reid &amp; Harriet (costume design) to collage far-flung remains: unanswered letters, lost ballets, old photographs, music exercises, early muses, and more. Filled with hidden movements and quieted voices, Tell Me Where It Comes From meditates on the spark that propels art into existence.

Join us in the galleries from 6pm-7:15pm to view a costume designed by Giorgio de Chirico for the role of the Astrologer in the Ballets Russes production ‘Le Bal’ (1929) choreographed by George Balanchine, followed by a 7:30pm performance of “Tell Me Where It Comes From”.

Thursday, February 26
6 pm gallery viewing | 7:30 pm performance
$35; $25 members and Hartford residents; $10 students with ID | Registration required.


This performance is presented by The Wadsworth in partnership with Austin Arts Center at Trinity College. Support provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund and The Saunders Foundation Endowment for Music at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the six New England state arts agencies.
Images: Emily Coates and Derek Lucci in Tell Me Where It Comes From. Photo by Chris Randall
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hartford/dance-and-performance-tell-me-where-it-comes-from-by-emily-coates/200029686903329
- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, performances, fine-arts, literary-art, music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://my.thewadsworth.org/44754/47182?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hartford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hartford
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103
- **lat**: 41.76338
- **long**: -72.67356
- **full address**: 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103

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- **organizer**: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (https://allevents.in/org/wadsworth-atheneum-museum-of-art/1040893)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
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