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Author: KentGBecker
City Center Celebrates Balanchine Classics
New York City Center, as part of its 75th anniversary season, is presenting Balanchine: The City Center Years with works from eight leading companies, a sort of all-star production. New York City Ballet’s first performance was in 1948 at City …
ABT Fall 2018 Wrap-Up: Other Dances, Balanchine Work Highlight Season
American Ballet Theatre featured two substantial performances Friday, danced at a high level: Balanchine’s Symphonie Concertante and Robbins’ Other Dances. Symphonie Concertante is unusual as it was originally choreographed for New York City Ballet’s precursor company and revived by ABT. …
Kimin Kim Stars in Song of the Mermaid
K-Arts Dance Company presented the delightful Song of the Mermaid last weekend at City Center with Mariinsky star Kimin Kim as the Prince. The ballet is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid and was choreographed by Artistic Director Sunhee Kim with …
ABT Fall Season First Week Review: Upgrade from 2017
The repertory for American Ballet Theatre’s fall season at Koch Theater is definitely an upgrade from last year in which the company presented retread works that were either dull or performed numerous times recently. ABT premiered two works by female …
Thoughts on Joaquin De Luz Final NYCB Performance
Hard to believe that Joaquin De Luz is 42 years of age based on his work in his final New York City Ballet performance Sunday, putting on a show that many dancers 20 years to his junior would envy. After …
Joaquin De Luz Final NYCB Performance
New York City Ballet celebrated the final performance of Joaquin De Luz Sunday afternoon with a great send off. Joaquin had a busy day, performing in three works, Theme and Variations with Tiler Peck, A Suite of Dances, and Todo …