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 …
Category: ABT
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 …
ABT Met Season
Casting Announced
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 …
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 …
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 …