Dance Magazine‘s annual look at who’s new and breaking through in 2006. Powerhouse Cricket Because he jumps higher and quicker than anyone alive, hip hop and underground house dancer James P. Colter is nicknamed “Cricket.” A fearless capoeirista, Cricket bounces across the stage, launching his small, compact body into flight and flipping off […]
I always get excited to see a new Wheeldon ballet, so before I went to see The Nightingale and the Rose at New York City Ballet, I read the Oscar Wilde story that it’s based on. It’s about a Nightingale who sacrifices her life for a young man’s hope of love. A thorn must pierce […]
RETIREMENT Jock Soto Jock Soto, whose final performance with New York City Ballet is June 19th, has danced myriad roles since joining the company in 1981. His repertoire includes ballets by Balanchine and Robbins. Many choreographers have created roles on him, including Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Kevin O’Day. Soto has appeared on […]
To the Finnish Line: Jorma Elo in America With so many commissions on his schedule in Europe and North America, where does Jorma Elo live these days? “That’s what my girlfriend always asks,” the Finnish choreographer says, laughing. “I live in Holland, but I don’t spend much time there!” A provocative amalgam of […]
In this version, Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette at night, when she is still a maiden, and he witnesses her dawn transformation into a swan at the hands of the vengeful Rothbart. (Much use is made of his billowing cape.) As a girl, Odette wears a long, white gown, and the flowing partnering […]
New York City Ballet New York State Theater, Lincoln Center New York, New York November 25, 2003—February 29, 2004 Reviewed by Clive Barnes [Note: This is an expanded version of the review that appears in the June, 2004 issue.] From its opening-night gala onward, through the customary Nutcracker to the closing two-week bombardment of […]
In a large practice studio inside Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater, Suzanne Farrell watches quietly as New York City Ballet principals Sara Mearns and Russell Janzen work through a series of supported poses. As Janzen kneels to face her, Mearns brushes through to croisé arabesque, extending her leg high behind her. “I wouldn’t penché there,” says […]
New York City Ballet announced on Facebook earlier this week that current Miami City Ballet principal Jovani Furlan will be joining the company as a soloist this fall. Furlan, a native of Joinville, Brazil, left Brazil’s Bolshoi Theater School in 2011 to train at the MCB School; he joined the company as an apprentice in […]
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