ABT announced casting for the 2015 Met season, the company’s 75th season. The bill is very conventional ABT fare, consisting of Othello, Giselle, La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Cinderella, and a mixed rep program, with Alexei Ratmansky’s premier of The Sleeping Beauty the …
Month: October 2014
Mixed Rep-October 15
Corella in Philly The Pennsylvania Ballet kicked off its first season under new Artistic Director Angel Corella. The season runs to October 26 at the Academy of Music. From Delaware Online: There are amazing dancers here, some of the best …
New York City Ballet,
Masters at Work, Oct 10
New York City Ballet presented Masters at Work Friday evening: Square Dance (1957), The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1975), Le Tombeau de Couperin (1975), This Bitter Earth (2012), and The Concert (1956). Balanchine choreographed the first three works, Christopher Wheeldon the …
Lincoln Center Solar Plant Exhibit
I don’t normally associate solar power with Lincoln Center, but there is a giant exhibition running until December 1 featuring a 28-by-24-foot LED wall that changes slowly, focusing on an overhead view of a solar tower and solar mirrors. The …
NYCB Balanchine and Stravinsky,
Sept 27, Oct 3
New York City Ballet presented important Balanchine and Stravinsky works Saturday evening, September 27 and last Friday: Apollo (1928), Monumentum pro Gesualdo (1960), Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1963), Duo Concertant (1972), and Agon (1957). Stravinsky composed Apollo between 1927 …
ABT in Chicago
ABT is in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre (can’t they find a more interesting name for the theater?) Friday-Sunday with theme All-American Celebration consisting of Bach Partita, Some Assembly Required, Sinatra Suite, and Fancy Free. The Chicago Tribune’s Laura Moltzahn …