Ratmansky’s Solitude illuminates wartime tragedy

Joseph Gordon in Alexei Ratmansky's Solitude

New York City Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky's Solitude

Unity Phelan and Taylor Stanley in Jerome Robbins' Opus 19/The Dreamer

New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements

Von Carla Escoda, 18 Februar 2024

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“women drop onto their sides one by one, as if felled by machine gun fire, their partners stricken”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, am 15 Februar 2024

Opus 19 / The Dreamer (Jerome Robbins)

Solitude (World premiere) (Alexei Ratmansky)

Symphony in Three Movements (George Balanchine)

New York City Ballet

Ben Benson, Kostüme

Ronald Bates, Licht

Mark Stanley, Licht

Joseph Gordon, Tanz

Sara Mearns, Tanz

Mira Nadon, Tanz

KJ Takahashi, Tanz

Isabella LaFreniere, Tanz

Adrian Danchig-Waring, Tanz

Taylor Stanley, Tanz

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.

****1

Tiler Peck's Symphonie Espagnole for NYCB is sprawling and ambitious

Ivy Lin, 9th May

A triple bill including Tiler Peck’s newest ballet for NYCB, does not entirely work. Too much blue light and sadness for one program.

***11

Understatement and spectacle at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 26th February

Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and George Balanchine's Diamonds make a study in contrasts. With lots of debuts in the former and seasoned leads in the latter.

*****

Irresistible: Justin Peck’s The Wind-Up premieres at NYCB

Carla Escoda, 29th January

Never has Justin Peck seemed more compositionally assured, and paradoxically freer, than in his latest ballet, breaking the mold of past work that mostly celebrated the camaraderie of his generation.

****1

Dutch National Ballet's opener in New York: meandering and unfocused

Ivy Lin, 20th November

Dutch National Ballet returning to New York after more than 40 years should have been thrilling. The opening program, whilst beautifully danced, was somewhat muted.

***11

London City Ballet at the Linbury: joy and sorrow at its best

Deborah Weiss, 19th November

London City Ballet move into a new venue with absolute confidence and gravitas in a quadruple bill that says everything about their future and success.

*****

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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.