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

Por Carla Escoda, 18 febrero 2024

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

Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, Nueva York el 15 febrero 2024

Opus 19 / The Dreamer (Jerome Robbins)

Solitude (World premiere) (Alexei Ratmansky)

Symphony in Three Movements (George Balanchine)

New York City Ballet

Ben Benson, Diseño de vestuario

Ronald Bates, Diseño de iluminación

Mark Stanley, Diseño de iluminación

Joseph Gordon, Bailarín

Sara Mearns, Bailarín

Mira Nadon, Bailarín

KJ Takahashi, Bailarín

Isabella LaFreniere, Bailarín

Adrian Danchig-Waring, Bailarín

Taylor Stanley, Bailarín

El ballet neoclásico viste de gala al Teatro Real:

Cintia Borges Carreras, 26th January

Un reducido número de integrantes del Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris ha presentado en el Real un programa de obras cortas y han danzado más allá de la técnica, mostrando el cuerpo que siente el movimiento y baila.

****1

Anhelos, tormentos y divertimentos con la Compañía Nacional de Danza

Eduardo López-Collazo, 22nd July

La Compañía Nacional de Danza propuso un delicado programa que recorre los puntos fuertes de la agrupación en el Teatro Real, y donde la elección estrella fue In the nigth de Jerome Robbins.

***11

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

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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.