After two programs featuring new works, it was great to see New York City Ballet classics Saturday, February 3, and last Wednesday. The Wednesday bill was Classic NYCB featuring Balanchine’s Square Dance and Jerome Robbins’ The Four Seasons. Square Dance debuted in 1957 with …
NYCB New Combinations: Walker Debut, Ratmansky Classic
Peter Walker’s dance odyssey, which debuted Thursday as part of the New York City Ballet New Combinations program, is a conventional contemporary work. While breaking little new ground, it is an interesting piece with a few novel twists. Peter is …
Prix de Lausanne Ballet Competition This Week
Photo by Gregory Batardon, courtesy Prix de Lausanne. The prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition takes place this week, with the finals on Saturday. Lausanne live streams the competition, allowing fans to witness the competition’s daily activities, selections, and finals. Lausanne provides a …
NYCB 21st Century Choreographers Review, Jan. 25
With all of the depressing ballet news these days-the resignation of New York City Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins due to harassment charges, departure of ABT’s Marcelo Gomes due to a sexual harassment allegation, and labor unrest at ABT possibly …
Balletfocus 2017 Highlights
It’s been fun covering the New York ballet scene in 2017 and I hope you enjoyed Balletfocus commentary and photography. Thanks for tuning in. Here are my favorites of 2017: ABT Discovers New Stars Sometimes bad events lead to good …
Veronika Part Shines in Fadeyev Ballet Nutcracker
Above photo: Veronika Part and Andrei Kisselev with Nutcracker Prince Michael Pezzuto and Abby Jiang as Marie (left side) and Juliana Fadeyev (right side). Fadeyev Ballet presented The Nutcracker last week at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater in Port Washington, Long …