American Ballet Theatre’s youth movement continued Wednesday afternoon with Devon Teuscher’s Met debut in Swan Lake. This was her third time in the role, having danced the role two times at the Kennedy Center in January. The Soloist showed substantial …
Month: June 2017
ABT Le Corsaire Review: Shevchenko, Stearns
The final ABT Le Corsaire this Met season was a solid performance with new faces adding much excitement. Soloist Christine Shevchenko, stepping in for an injured dancer for the third time this week (Veronika Part was scheduled), was again exceptional …
ABT Le Corsaire Review: Brandt, Shevchenko Debuts
Injuries to Principal Dancers Gillian Murphy, Maria Kochetkova, and Veronika Part caused major cast changes in American Ballet Theatre’s Le Corsaire this week. The changes allowed great young talents-Soloists Skylar Brandt and Christine Shevchenko-to smash through the rigid ABT hierarchy, …
Shevchenko, Lendorf in Le Corsaire
Christine Shevchenko continued her great American Ballet Theatre season with a fine performance as Medora in Le Corsaire with Alban Ledorf as Conrad, the pirate. Christine has great technique and turning abilities, a necessity for this role. Although the performance …
Skylar Brandt Stars in Le Corsaire
American Ballet Theatre did what is does best Thursday evening in Le Corsaire, providing an evening filled with technically brilliant bravura dancing. Check out my curtain call photos on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. Look for my review Saturday. In the meantime, here …
RIOULT Dance at Joyce Theater Review
Above photo: Sofia Negron. I took a break from American Ballet Theatre ballet classics this Met season to take in RIOULT Dance NY at the Joyce Theater Thursday. The modern dance company offered two works from Artistic Director Pascal Rioult …