NYCB's Contemporary Choreography marred by middle pieces

Chun Wai Chan in Alexei Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition

Emma Von Enck and Anthony Huxley in Alexei Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition

Mira Nadon in Ulysses Dove's Red Angels

Unity Phelan and Anthony Huxley in Jerome Robbins' Glass Pieces

Par Ivy Lin, 15 mai 2024

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“Phelan’s bendy, flexible body, as well as a certain coolness, make this the perfect vehicle for her”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York, le 14 mai 2024

Pictures at an Exhibition (Alexei Ratmansky)

Play Time (Gianna Reisen)

Red Angels (Ulysses Dove)

Glass Pieces (Jerome Robbins)

New York City Ballet

Jerome Robbins, Décors

Adeline André, Costumes

Mark Stanley, Lumières

Alejandro Gómez Palomo, Costumes

Holly Hynes, Costumes

Ben Benson, Costumes

Ronald Bates, Décors, Lumières

Emma Von Enck, Danse

Mira Nadon, Danse

Anthony Huxley, Danse

Unity Phelan, Danse

Adrian Danchig-Waring, Danse

La Belle d'Alexei Ratmansky

Laurine Mortha, 6th September

L’American Ballet Theatre inaugure la saison 2016/2017 de l’Opéra de Paris en proposant une nouvelle version de La Belle au Bois Dormant signée en 2015 par Alexei Ratmansky souhaitant restaurer l’esthétique de la chorégraphie de Marius Petipa de 1890.

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Ratmansky/Robbins/Balanchine/Peck au Palais Garnier

Laurine Mortha, 2nd April

Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris présente une nouvelle soirée néoclassique qui met à l’honneur trois générations de chorégraphes : Georges Balanchine, Jerome Robbins et les chorégraphes contemporains Alexeï Ratmansky et Justin Peck.

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Robbins/Ratmansky à Garnier

Laurine Mortha, 21st June

La représentation s’est ouverte sur le défilé de l’école de danse et du ballet, cortège pompeux et bien hiérarchisé de danseurs qui progressent en rang les uns après les autres, en costumes académiques et tutus blancs. L’exercice soumet les étoiles de l’Opéra, qui saluent seuls, au jeu cruel de l’applaudimètre et n’est pas toujours le bon reflet de la qualité de leur performance.

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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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American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

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A spectacular triple bill lifts ABT’s spring season in New York

Leigh Donlan, 13th March

A finely curated triple bill from American Ballet Theatre included works from Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and Alexei Ratmansky.

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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)