one-act

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Simply put, the Koch’s autumn programming tends to present mixed bills of one-act, often storyless works that emphasize the ballet part of the company’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

For the occasion, artistic director Susan Jaffe astutely chose 11 one-act ballets and four pas de deux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Alfie, who’s either being willfully obtuse or radically uncompromising, sees nothing sacrilegious in Wilde’s one-act tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

“It’s basically a one-hour, one-act play,” Neufeld says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

I tell them my idea of turning her story into a one-act or how I could do a solo piece.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan