New York City Ballet Goes Four for Four

Megan Fairchild and Anthony Huxley with NYCB in Balanchine's Ballo della Regina

Ava Sautter and Gilbert Bolden III in Albert Evans' In a Landscape

Joseph Gordon and Alexa Maxwell in Peter Martins' Hallelujah Junction

Mira Nadon and NYCB in Jerome Robbins' The Concert

Von Carla Escoda, 12 Februar 2024

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“The work is spine-tinglingly beautiful, cerebral and haunting”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, am 9 Februar 2024

Ballo della regina (George Balanchine)

In a Landscape (Albert Evans)

Hallelujah Junction (Peter Martins)

The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody) (Jerome Robbins)

New York City Ballet

Ronald Bates, Bühnenbild

Ben Benson, Kostüme

Mark Stanley, Licht

Kirsten Lund Nielsen, Kostüme

Irene Sharaff, Kostüme

Saul Steinberg, Bühnenbild

Megan Fairchild, Tanz

Anthony Huxley, Tanz

Ava Sautter, Tanz

Gilbert Bolden III, Tanz

Alexa Maxwell, Tanz

Joseph Gordon, Tanz

KJ Takahashi, Tanz

Mira Nadon, Tanz

Arturo Delmoni, Violine

Alan Moverman, Klavier

Elaine Chelton, Klavier

Susan Walters, Klavier

Stephen Gosling, Klavier

Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Rainer Zerbst, 14th January

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.

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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Michael Klier, 14th November

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.

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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Katja Vaghi, 4th May

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.

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Mira Nadon’s sparkling debut in Firebird with New York City Ballet

Ivy Lin, 25th April

A triple bill comprising Balanchine's Symphony in C, Agon and Firebird could not have been more inspiringly danced by New York City Ballet.

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Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

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American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

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Weitere Kritiken...

Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.