David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, NY Performance reviewed: Oct. 6, 2012 (matinee) New York City Ballet wisely commissioned corps member Justin Peck, just 25, to create Year of the Rabbit (Selections from the Chinese Zodiac), named in part after song cycle selections by the indie composer Sufjan Stevens. Although the ballet’s […]
Some kind of alchemical reaction happens in Christopher Wheeldon’s new Five Movements, Three Repeats, shown at Fall for Dance. Mixing one modern dance star with one ballet superstar and two other NYCB dancers, it could have been a disaster. Instead, it’s a beautifully patient piece that glows with inventiveness. However, when I saw the premiere […]
Every fall it’s time to get excited about the lineup at Fall for Dance. Even though the ticket price has gone up from $10 to $15, it’s still a steal. It’s even an education. The first night alone is awesome in its mix of aesthetics. We’ll see the blast of energy known as the tap […]
New York City Ballet’s gala is tonight and the big name of the evening is Valentino. He’s costuming a pas de deux for Wendy Whelan and Tyler Angle by Christopher Wheeldon and three ballets by Peter Martins, including a premiere for 10 couples in which each of the women will be wearing a unique creation […]
Benjamin Millepied’s new company tests the city’s appetite for concert dance. Millepied rehearsing his ballet Plainspoken with New York City Ballet dancers. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB. It’s hard to keep track of Benjamin Millepied. The man whose surname translates to “1,000 feet” appears to be everywhere at once, with 1,000 […]
Sometimes you get hooked on a dance from the minute the lights go up, and you ride with it all the way. It reels you in. Other dances don’t grab you right away and then you gotta work at giving it a chance. If you’re lucky, you can feel your own opinion change…and something emerges […]
Something Fresh in Edinburgh The Edinburgh International Festival brings a handful of dance front-runners to Scotland this year. Brazil-based Deborah Colker Dance Company has taken Onegin (see “Turning Into Tatiana,” p. 30) and transported it onto a huge geometric tree in Colker’s European premiere of her Tatyana. The Mariinsky Ballet also jumps on the “updated […]
David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center, NYC May 10, 2012 When the great ballerina Natalia Makarova joked that she had “danced every bird in the business,” she should have hedged her bets. Clichés don’t die easily on the ballet stage, and Makarova would have been prudent to add, “every bird, so far.” Hatching in a […]
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