New York City Ballet: All-Balanchine
After 58 years out of the repertory, Balanchine’s Pithoprakta, pieced together from incomplete film recordings and Suzanne Farrell’s memory, gives a lot to talk about
After 58 years out of the repertory, Balanchine’s Pithoprakta, pieced together from incomplete film recordings and Suzanne Farrell’s memory, gives a lot to talk about
George Balanchine’s La Source (with Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia) and The Four Temperaments, and Jerome Robbins’ The Concert
A wonderful sense of warmth, generosity and welcome… a programme that was as varied as it was engaging
A short powerful burst of human emotion wrapped in poetic thoughts and a forest of basil plants.
Ten dancers, all multi-talented, commanding the stage at every step, and leaving an indelible impression
There are occasions in theatre when, despite the evident skills of the performers and the enthusiasm of the audience, a production simply fails to communicate
MacMillan gives his characters room to behave foolishly, selfishly, passionately and sometimes with startling cruelty, all within the discipline of classical ballet.
Not a linear narrative, Oscar looks back at key moments in Wilde’s life and relationships, revisiting the glittering world he once inhabited, and then at the effects of his time in Reading Gaol.
Andamiro Art Company and choreographer Lee Dongha from Korea, and White Wave Dance, Brooklyn-based but led by Korean artistic director Young Soon Kim
Ad Libitum is about the desire to create, to step outside oneself, to expand. And that’s precisely what it delivers. The effort and intensity throughout from both really was something special.
Presenting works by choreographers whose careers have been shaped by the School, the evening offered a remarkable showcase of its enduring contribution to British ballet.