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NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

David Gabriel, KJ Takahashi and Daniel Ulbricht in Alexei Ratmansky's The Naked King © Erin Baiano
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.
****1
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Few signs of heat in a mixed bill at New York City Ballet

Mira Nadon and Chun Wai Chan in Justin Peck's Heatscape © Erin Baiano
New York City Ballet offered a few exhilarating moments in a mishmash of a program from the company with arguably the greatest rep in the world.  
***11
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NYCB's Sara Mearns charts her next act?

Sara Mearns in Guillaume Côté's Don't Go Home © Steven Pisano
New York City Ballet's Sara Mearns proves that she is a natural contemporary dancer in a self-curated double bill.
****1
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NYCB: Ballets that dance themselves?

Mira Nadon and Gilbert Bolden III in George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco © Erin Baiano
The final performance at NYCB’s fall season was the best one. One has to have just pure admiration for this company, its dancers, its history, its future.
*****
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NYCB: 75th anniversary program is an appealing, popular nod to history

Joseph Gordon in George Balanchine's Orpheus © Erin Baiano
New York City Ballet marked its 75th anniversary with the same triple bill that caused so much excitement at City Center in 1948: Orpheus, Concerto Barocco and Symphony in C.
****1
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NYCB: All Balanchine III proves a little uneven with casting

Adrian Danchig-Waring and Unity Phelan in George Balanchine's Apollo © Erin Baiano
NYCB give first rate accounts of the first and last ballets but the filler suffered from miscasting and lack of chemistry.
***11
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