''Touch'' is a ballet made by David Parsons on the New York City Ballet to music by

Richard Peaslee Richard Peaslee (June 13, 1930, New York NY – August 20, 2016) was a composer who worked in a variety of idioms, including chorus, orchestra, dance, and soundtracks for film and television, but he was most active as a composer for the theatre. Ed ...

. The premiere took place February 15, 1996, at the

New York State Theater The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet, modern and other forms of dance, part of the Lincoln Center, at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Originally ...

, Lincoln Center.

Original cast

* Stacey Calvert * Michele Gifford *

Monique Meunier This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers. Principal dancers Soloists This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists. Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet. * Victor Abreu * Devin Albe ...

* Teresa Reyes * Albert Evans * Tom Gold * Edwaard Liang *

Damian Woetzel Damian Woetzel (born May 17, 1967) is an American choreographer. Woetzel was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he performed from 1985 until 2008. He also frequently performed with companies like the Kirov Ballet and America ...

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Articles and reviews

NY Times review
by Anna Kisselgoff, February 17th, 1996

by Anna Kisselgoff, March 3rd, 1996

by

Jennifer Dunning Jennifer Dunning (born February 4, 1942) is a writer and critic for ''The New York Times'' on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 ''But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet'', the 1996 ...

, June 25, 1996 New York City Ballet repertory Ballets by David Parsons Ballets by Richard Peaslee 1996 ballet premieres