NYCB Matinée

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 04 October 2015

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“Justin Peck’s ‘Rōdē,ō keeps getting better”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 3 October 2015

Ash (Peter Martins) (Peter Martins)

Sonatas and Interludes (Richard Tanner)

Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (Justin Peck)

Tarantella

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Taylor Stanley, Dancer

Ashly Isaacs, Dancer

Sara Mearns, Dancer

Amar Ramasar, Dancer

Ashley Bouder, Dancer

Antonio Carmena, Dancer

Anthony Huxley, Dancer

Daniel Ulbricht, Dancer

Andrew Veyette, Dancer

Teresa Reichlen, Dancer

Robert Fairchild, Dancer

Mejia debuts in a sumptuous Sleeping Beauty at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 12th February

Roman Mejia and a raft of soloist debuts galvanized Peter Martins' Sleeping Beauty. An elegant production with some incidental messiness and the structural liability of a princess' dependence on a kiss.

****1

Few signs of heat in a mixed bill at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 25th September

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

Sara Mearns makes Swan Lake watchable again

Carla Escoda, 19th February

Peter Martins' Swan Lake continues to divide ballet fans. Can Sara Mearns unite them, 19 years after her astonishing debut as Odette-Odile?

***11

New York City Ballet Goes Four for Four

Carla Escoda, 9th February

One minor Balanchine, elevated by commanding performances; a rare Albert Evans; Peter Martins at his most compelling and Jerome Robbins at his funniest.

****1

The Sleeping Beauty: NYCB relishes this traditional version

Ivy Lin, 16th February

If the famous fairy variations in the Prologue can sometimes expose weaknesses, NYCB proved that it excels in pure classical ballet and not only in the neo-classical repertory.

*****

New York audiences still flock to Balanchine's uninspired Swan Lake

Ivy Lin, 12th February

Balanchine's unbreakable Serenade leads a mixed bill that includes his less than inspired one-act version of Swan Lake.

***11

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.

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