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

Kloe Walker and Mira Nadon with the Company in Tiler Peck’s Symphonie Espagnole © Erin Baiano
A triple bill including Tiler Peck’s newest ballet for NYCB, does not entirely work. Too much blue light and sadness for one program.

The Australian Ballet in Melbourne: three prismatic worlds

The Australian Ballet in Jerome Robbins Glass Pieces © Kate Longley

In its triple bill Prism, The Australian Ballet gives the audience three different dance and sound worlds as well as showcasing fleet, athletic and precise dancing.

NYCB's Contemporary Choreography marred by middle pieces

Chun Wai Chan in Alexei Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition © Erin Baiano
Although Glass Pieces and Pictures at an Exhibition are on the surface very different ballets, they both draw us into their world. I wish NYCB had been able to find more compelling middle ballets.

Ratmansky’s Solitude illuminates wartime tragedy

Joseph Gordon in Alexei Ratmansky's Solitude © Erin Baiano
Alexei Ratmansky’s poignant and gripping new work breaks ground at New York City Ballet in a powerful triple bill.

New York City Ballet Goes Four for Four

Megan Fairchild and Anthony Huxley with NYCB in Balanchine's Ballo della Regina © Erin Baiano
One minor Balanchine, elevated by commanding performances; a rare Albert Evans; Peter Martins at his most compelling and Jerome Robbins at his funniest.