The ABT Gala is always very different from the NYCB gala. Whereas NYCB usually unveils a premiere or two (this spring they got lucky with Benjamin Millepied’s Two Hearts) plus a sturdy Balanchine ballet, ABT offers a sampler in the form of excerpts from the upcoming season’s rep. Tonight, we’ll see parts of Christopher Wheeldon’s […]
I think Makarova was overwhelmed by the love and adulation heaped upon her Saturday night by Youth America Grand Prix. The evening was fittingly titled “Ballerina Assoluta: Gala Tribute Honoring the Legendary Natalia Makarova.” We were already cheering at the top of our lungs during the standing ovation, when Kevin McKenzie gestured to Marcelo Gomes […]
Today’s DM Archive photo is Natalia Makarova as Juliet. Tomorrow night Youth America Grand Prix will present Ballerina Assoluta: A tribute to Natalie Makarova at Lincoln Center. Performers will include Marcelo Gomes, Tamara Rojo, Natalia Osipova, Yuan Yuan Tan, Ivan Vasiliev and Diana Vishneva! Click here http://www.yagp.org/natalia_makarova_site_2012/index.html for more info on the tribute.
One foot in ABT, the other in the Bolshoi, David Hallberg is at the pinnacle of international ballet. All photos by Matthew Karas unless otherwise credited. It’s simply never been done before. Period. An American had never been asked to join the Bolshoi Ballet at the principal level until last September, when the insular Russian […]
ABT’s most passionate male star adds choreography to his list of talents. Whether a love-struck prince or an evil sorcerer, Marcelo Gomes transforms into characters of all kinds. The depth and sincerity of the Brazilian-born star, who brings out the best in nearly the entire roster of female principals at American Ballet Theatre, […]
Once again my list is completely subjective, limited by what I happened to see. There were LOTS of good performances this year. Please know that the order within each category is fairly random. Best Performances • Dana Caspersen in I don’t believe in outer space by William Forsythe at BAM: gutsy, fascinating distortions of voice […]
At Youth America Grand Prix’s gala performance last April, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev stopped the show. The moment they burst onto the stage in Vasily Vainonen’s Flames of Paris, the audience cheered. Their jumps were so high and their pirouettes so insanely uncountable that we kept on yelling. But it was […]
DVDs The Royal Ballet: Three Ballets by Wayne McGregor: Chroma/Infra/Limen Opus Arte, www.opusarte.com . $40 If you could imagine sliding into home base—only the base is another dancer—you can begin to imagine the urgency, the smashing of bodies, and the transgressive nature of Wayne McGregor’s work. So successful was his astonishing Chroma for The […]
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