Art stands out: Wheeldon, Balanchine and a Justin Peck world premiere

Peter Walker and the Company in Justin Peck's Mystic Familiar

Taylor Stanley and the Company in Justin Peck's Mystic Familiar

Emily Kikta and Naomi Corti in Justin Peck's Mystic Familiar

New York City Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon's From You Within Me

Miriam Miller and Daniel Ulbricht in George Balanchine's Variations pour une porte et un soupir

Von Carla Escoda, 31 Januar 2025

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“Wheeldon’s work looked tremendously sophisticated in comparison”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, am 29 Januar 2025

From You Within Me (Christopher Wheeldon)

Variations pour une porte et un soupir (George Balanchine)

Mystic Familiar (Justin Peck)

New York City Ballet

Taylor Stanley, Tanz

Tiler Peck, Tanz

Gilbert Bolden III, Tanz

Emily Kikta, Tanz

Naomi Corti, Tanz

Sara Mearns, Tanz

Chun Wai Chan, Tanz

Jovani Furlan, Tanz

Miriam Miller, Tanz

Daniel Ulbricht, Tanz

BalletBoyz: Still Pointless at 25 and still making it work!

Maggie Foyer, 13th May

The BalletBoyz present an entertaining programme of old and new works spanning the last 25 years – with stellar performances.

****1

Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 1st May

A longtime NYCB fan favorite, Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, meets the New York premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Continuum. But the evening belonged to corps dancer Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries.

****1

Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 3rd April

Atlanta Ballet's Golden Hour program featured two world premieres and the Atlanta premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour.

*****

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

****1

Les « Racines » inégales du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris à Bastille

Laurine Mortha, 6th October

Entre une pièce des années 1950 de Balanchine et les deux créations récentes des chorégraphes Mthuthuzeli November et Christopher Wheeldon, le programme mixte néo-classique produit un effet mitigé.

***11

The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex

Amanda Jennings, 1st October

The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.

****1

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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.