How many contemporary ballets really put across a love story? Benjamin Millepied’s new Two Hearts for NYCB is not exactly a love story. But there is romance in it, both happy and sad aspects, and it pulls at your heart. That’s partly because of Nico Muhly’s magical music and partly because the two main dancers […]
Tonight’s New York City Ballet spring gala, titled “À La Française,” will include the newly-costumed Symphony in C (which Balanchine made for the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1947) and a new piece from director Peter Martins, set to French composer Marc-André Dalbavie’s score. In the latter, we’re looking forward to debuts from two of the […]
Koch Theater Lincoln Center, NYC January 28, 2012 Christopher Wheeldon’s Les Carillons met and at times surpassed many expectations as the sole world premiere in New York City Ballet’s winter season, on the company’s first all-Wheeldon program. The dance showed Wheeldon’s flair for structural invention, dynamic and emotional range, and musical wit. In the first […]
Why repertory classes are the ultimate summer bonus It’s that time of year again: summer program audition season. Obviously, summer study provides the perfect opportunity to hone your technique, but as you think about where you’d like to go, don’t forget to consider the repertoire that intensives teach. Whether through variations classes or […]
There’s something exhilarating about dancers choosing their own rep and casting. Too often they just have to do what they’re told without participating in decisions. Once a year at New York City Ballet, for the Dancers’ Choice evening, dancers not only devise the program but also direct the marketing, as it’s not part of the […]
Damian Woetzel is power blasting through different orbits at once. It seems to me that the style, ebullience, clarity, and commitment he showed onstage as a dancer at New York City Ballet has completely transferred to his activities offstage and behind the scenes. Here are some of the ways he’s shown leadership. He’s (re)created a […]
I stepped into a warm, welcoming dance community in sunny Sarasota, Florida, this week. The new Carreño Dance Festival, which has an ambitious summer intensive coming up, hosted my visit. Robert de Warren, founder and president of the festival (and former director of La Scala Ballet, National Ballet of Iran, and Sarasota Ballet) invited me […]
New York City Ballet // Susan Stroman’s For the Love of Duke // David H. Koch Theater, NYC // January 28, 2011 // Reviewed by Susan Yung Sara Mearns and Amar Ramasar in Frankie and Johnny… and Rose. Photo by Paul Kolnik, courtesy NYCB. For the Love of Duke , Susan Stroman’s premiere for New […]
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