American Ballet Theatre: Crime and Punishment punishes the audience

ABT in a scene from Helen Pickett's Crime and Punishment

Christine Shevchenko and Calvin Royal III in Helen Pickett's Crime and Punishment

Cassandra Trenary in Helen Pickett's Crime and Punishment

By Ivy Lin, 31 October 2024

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“I did have fun watching James Whiteside act the mustache-twirling villain Svidrigailov”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 30 October 2024

Crime and Punishment (Helen Pickett)

American Ballet Theatre

James Bonas, Director

Soutra Gilmour, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer

Calvin Royal III, Dancer

Cassandra Trenary, Dancer

Christine Shevchenko, Dancer

James Whiteside, Dancer

SunMi Park, Dancer

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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)