Alexei Ratmansky’s Voices, which New York City Ballet premiered Thursday, is a dramatic departure from his previous works set primarily to Russian composers. The score for Voices consists of Peter Ablinger’s Voices and Piano, consisting of short recorded voices and …
NYCB Season Opens with Balanchine Classics
Great to be back with the start of the New York City Ballet Winter Season. The season opened earlier this week featuring Balanchine classics. The Thursday and Saturday evening performances were stellar with a number of standout performances. Saturday Evening …
Balletfocus 2019 Highlights
Balletfocus 2019 Highlights: Dance Theatre of Harlem Celebrates 50 Years Dance Theatre of Harlem, celebrated its 50th anniversary and held its New York season at City Center in April. Arthur Mitchell, the first African-American dancer at New York City Ballet, …
Duncan Lyle Dance at Martha Graham Studio
Duncan Lyle Dance presented four works Monday and Tuesday in the cozy Martha Graham Studio Theater. The American Ballet Theater dancer choreographed the works, performed by fellow ABT dancers Patrick Frenette, Carlos Gonzalez, Andrii Ishchuk, Isadora Loyola, Betsey McBride, Rachel …
ABT 2020 Met Schedule Released
Above photo: Stella Abrera, Giselle, May 23, 2015 American Ballet Theatre released its schedule and casting for its 2020 Met season, May 11-July 4. This will be ABT’s last eight-week spring season in the Metropolitan Opera House. In an attempt …
Duncan Lyle Dance at Martha Graham Studio Theater Nov 18-19
Above photo by Rod Brayman: front-Lauren Post, Betsy McBride; back-Carlos Gonzolez, Isadora Loyola, Patrick Frenette, Rachel Richardson, Jose Sebastian. Now that the American Ballet Theatre fall season ended two weeks ago, not much is going on in the New York …