Little Dancer, a ballet-based musical directed by Susan Stroman, is running until Sunday at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The musical tells the tale of Marie, dancer who inspired the artist Edgar Degas. The dancer is played by New …
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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 …
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 …
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 …