TWO MORE NYCB PREMIERES: “LUCE NASCOSTA” AND “CALL ME BEN”
June 14, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
It’s been a season of new ballets and principal dancer farewells at New York City Ballet, and, between that and all the goings-on at ABT, it’s hard to keep up! I realized when meeting a blog reader yesterday at Philip Neal’s farewell performance (so nice to meet you, Vanessa!) that I hadn’t yet written about the last two premieres and people were waiting. I was going to wait until I’d seen each once again, but at least with one of them I won’t get that chance since there was a programming change.
Anyway, Maura Bigonzetti’s Luce Nascosta (two photos above, cast ...
TWO MORE NYCB PREMIERES: “LUCE NASCOSTA” AND “CALL ME BEN”
June 14, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
It’s been a season of new ballets and principal dancer farewells at New York City Ballet, and, between that and all the goings-on at ABT, it’s hard to keep up! I realized when meeting a blog reader yesterday at Philip Neal’s farewell performance (so nice to meet you, Vanessa!) that I hadn’t yet written about the last two premieres and people were waiting. I was going to wait until I’d seen each once again, but at least with one of them I won’t get that chance since there was a programming change.
Anyway, Maura Bigonzetti’s Luce Nascosta (two photos above, cast ...
New York City Ballet’s Balanchine Opening
May 4, 2010 · Posted by Dancing Perfectly Free ·
New York City Ballet in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, photo by Paul Kolnik
In 1948, New York City Ballet performed George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco at the company’s first performance. This past Sunday afternoon, it was a fitting opening to the spring season. With two other Balanchine classics - The Four Temperaments and Symphony in Three Movements – this superb program served as a reminder of Balanchine’s remarkable legacy, especially before the company looks ahead by presenting seven new ballets by seven distinguished choreographers throughout the eight-week season.
Wendy Whelan in "Concerto Barocco", photo by Paul Kolnik
The three pieces, which debuted between 1941 and ...
CASTING FOR OPENING NIGHT NEW YORK CITY BALLET
April 15, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
Ballet season is almost here in NYC! New York City Ballet opens April 29th with a program that includes two premieres — one by Benjamin Millepied and one by Alexei Ratmansky (now ABT’s resident choreographer). The Millepied ballet, set to music by Thierry Escaich, will star several SLSG favorites: Janie Taylor, Sara Mearns, Sean Suozzi and Amar Ramasar.
The Ratmansky, set to a score by Eduoard Lalo, will be danced by Wendy Whelan, Jenifer Ringer, Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild, Megan Fairchild, Abi Stafford, and Daniel Ulbricht.
The two world premieres will launch this season’s Architecture of Dance – New Choreography and Music ...
CASTING FOR OPENING NIGHT NEW YORK CITY BALLET
April 15, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
Ballet season is almost here in NYC! New York City Ballet opens April 29th with a program that includes two premieres — one by Benjamin Millepied and one by Alexei Ratmansky (now ABT’s resident choreographer). The Millepied ballet, set to music by Thierry Escaich, will star several SLSG favorites: Janie Taylor, Sara Mearns, Sean Suozzi and Amar Ramasar.
The Ratmansky, set to a score by Eduoard Lalo, will be danced by Wendy Whelan, Jenifer Ringer, Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild, Megan Fairchild, Abi Stafford, and Daniel Ulbricht.
The two world premieres will launch this season’s Architecture of Dance – New Choreography and Music ...
MORE BEAUTIES
February 8, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
So, toward the end of last week I saw two more casts of Sleeping Beauty in New York City Ballet’s production. Above are the beautiful Kathryn Morgan as Aurora and Tyler Angle as her Prince Desire (Paul Kolnik is the photographer). Below are some photos of the other couple I saw, Tiler Peck (both she and Kathryn were making their Aurora debuts), with Gonzalo Garcia, albeit not from this ballet.
(in Four Bagatelles, photo by Paul Kolnik)
(and in the Christopher Wheeldon / Martha Wainwright collaboration over the summer, photo from NYTimes by Andrea Mohin; I like this photo because I think ...
MORE BEAUTIES
February 8, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
So, toward the end of last week I saw two more casts of Sleeping Beauty in New York City Ballet’s production. Above are the beautiful Kathryn Morgan as Aurora and Tyler Angle as her Prince Desire (Paul Kolnik is the photographer). Below are some photos of the other couple I saw, Tiler Peck (both she and Kathryn were making their Aurora debuts), with Gonzalo Garcia, albeit not from this ballet.
(in Four Bagatelles, photo by Paul Kolnik)
(and in the Christopher Wheeldon / Martha Wainwright collaboration over the summer, photo from NYTimes by Andrea Mohin; I like this photo because I think ...
NEW YORK CITY BALLET’S SLEEPING BEAUTY IS THOROUGHLY CAPTIVATING FROM START TO FINISH
January 31, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
This past week, New York City Ballet began its two-week run of Sleeping Beauties. I saw the opening night performance, with Ashley Bouder (above with Damian Woetzel, in Paul Kolnik photo) in the lead. She danced opposite Andrew Veyette, as Prince Desire. Both did really, a near-perfect job (just because nothing’s ever completely perfect!). Really, I don’t know what more you could ask for, although I’m waiting to write my full review on the production until later this week, after I’ve seen two more casts: Kathryn Morgan as Aurora and Tyler Angle as PD (with Janie Taylor as the Lilac ...
NEW YORK CITY BALLET’S SLEEPING BEAUTY IS THOROUGHLY CAPTIVATING FROM START TO FINISH
January 31, 2010 · Posted by Swan Lake Samba Girl ·
This past week, New York City Ballet began its two-week run of Sleeping Beauties. I saw the opening night performance, with Ashley Bouder (above with Damian Woetzel, in Paul Kolnik photo) in the lead. She danced opposite Andrew Veyette, as Prince Desire. Both did really, a near-perfect job (just because nothing’s ever completely perfect!). Really, I don’t know what more you could ask for, although I’m waiting to write my full review on the production until later this week, after I’ve seen two more casts: Kathryn Morgan as Aurora and Tyler Angle as PD (with Janie Taylor as the Lilac ...
Back from City Ballet
January 24, 2010 · Posted by demicontretemps ·
This Sunday matinee was the third and, I think, last performance this season of the Fancy Free, Prodigal Son and Firebird bill. I get an inordinate chuckle out of how evenly split the three-ballet program is between Balanchine and Robbins. Fancy Free is Robbins,' Prodigal, Balanchine and Firebird, Balanchine and Robbins. So each has one-and-a-half ballets. OK, Robbins only did the monsters in Firebird, but still....This was the B cast, which had quite an act to follow after staggering, face-meltingly hot performances by Bouder (Firebird) and De Luz (Prodigal) in the two preceding, A-cast programs. The B cast did just fine, thanks for asking.In ...
