Saturday evening’s programming consisted of ABT classics Jardin Aux Lilas (Lilac Garden), Fancy Free, and Sinfonietta. The casts for Jardin Aux Lilas and Fancy Free were the same as Thursday that I previously reviewed. Herman Cornejo, Marcelo Gomes, and Cory Stearns …
Month: October 2014
ABT Review, Oct. 24
My favorite ballet music scores are Aaron Copland’s Rodeo, Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C, Stravinsky’s Firebird, and Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta. Because of my love of the music, I was thrilled at the news that ABT would revive Jiří Kylián’s ballet …
ABT Review, Oct. 23
ABT’s fall season began Wednesday at Koch Theater at Lincoln Center with all mixed rep programing. The Thursday performance consisted of two classics, Antony Tudor’s Jardin Aux Lilas (Lilac Garden, 1936) and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free (1944), and the world …
NYCB Fall Season Wrap-Up
Ballet is Woman. In sports, it’s Mickey Mantle. In politics, it’s Eisenhower. In ballet, it’s woman. Women are lighter, more flexible. They move more beautifully. He is not the King, but she’s the Queen. George Balanchine The women continued to …
Wendy Whelan Final
NYCB Performance
I was not able to attend Wendy Whelan’s final performance last night. Fortunately, Anne Jacobson (@AnneCanHaz) and Lisa Copeland (@BalletJones) provide commentary on Twitter. NYCB’s Facebook page has video of her final moments on stage and her curtain call.
NYCB Classics, Oct. 17
New York City Ballet presented a nicely diversified program of NYCB Classics Friday evening consisting of old and new works: Chaconne (1963), Interplay (1945), After the Rain (2005), and Everywhere We Go (2012). Balanchine, Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, and Justin Peck …