Above photo: Union Jack, January 24, 2014 New York City Ballet tickets for the 2019/2020 season are on sale. The Fall Season, which runs from September 17-October 13 features Balanchine classics Jewels, Serenade, Union Jack, Symphony in C, Tschaikovsky Piano …
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NYCB Sleeping Beauty Final Performance
Indiana Woodward and Anthony Huxley finished New York City Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty run Sunday with a solid performance but, like the other NYCB performances I’ve seen over the past two weeks, with a few rough spots. Indiana portrayed Aurora with …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty:
Gordon Fills the Void
Recently, few male dancers at New York City Ballet have excelled in Petipa full-length ballets. Although refined in Balanchine/Robbins works, they struggle in 19th century “white-tights” ballets. The men’s efforts often have a “Let’s get through this performance…I don’t do …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty Off to Rocky Start
New York City Ballet opened its two-week Sleeping Beauty run Wednesday with a lackluster performance with little distinction and a few rough edges. Sterling Hyltin was Princess Aurora with Russell Janzen making his debut as Prince Désiré. Both score low on …
NYCB Premier: Peck’s Principia
Justin Peck’s Principia, which debuted Friday before a packed house at Koch Theater as part of New York City Ballet’s New Combinations program, is an uplifting work filled with a sense of community and belonging, in contrast to his defiant …
NYCB Season Opens With Balanchine Classics
New York City Ballet opened its winter season with all Balanchine classics, with Friday consisting of works to Tschaikovsky and Saturday evening to Stravinsky. Friday presented Serenade with Megan LeCrone/Sara Mearns/Tiler Peck/Jared Angle/Aaron Sanz as leads. The last time I saw …