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

Por Carla Escoda, 31 enero 2025

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“Wheeldon’s work looked tremendously sophisticated in comparison”

Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, Nueva York el 29 enero 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, Bailarín

Tiler Peck, Bailarín

Gilbert Bolden III, Bailarín

Emily Kikta, Bailarín

Naomi Corti, Bailarín

Sara Mearns, Bailarín

Chun Wai Chan, Bailarín

Jovani Furlan, Bailarín

Miriam Miller, Bailarín

Daniel Ulbricht, Bailarín

La CND despliega un logrado tríptico neoclásico

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 10th July

Tres coreografías de registros estilísticos homogéneos, pero capaces de reservar sorpresas gracias a las cualidades y el buen quehacer de la Compañía Nacional de Danza.

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Lucía Lacarra y Matthew Golding nos acercan las distancias

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 23rd January

Lucía Lacarra y Matthew Golding, también afectados por la separación forzada, proponían una unificación de coreografías preexistentes en un todo unitario para compartir su experiencia vital, fusionando sus movimientos con imágenes proyectadas en pantalla y con una selección musical de carácter íntimo y profundo.

*****

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.