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Ratmansky's Namouna stands out in NYCB's Here/Now program

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 05 March 2018
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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 2 March 2018
Programme
Neverwhere (Benjamin Millepied)
Mothership (ch:Blanc) (Nicolas Blanc)
The Decalogue (Justin Peck)
Namouna, A Grand Divertissement (Alexei Ratmansky)
Performers
New York City Ballet
Megan Fairchild, Dancer
Taylor Stanley, Dancer
Sara Mearns, Dancer
Daniel Ullbricht, Dancer
Erica Pereira, Dancer
Abi Stafford, Dancer
Lauren Lovette, Dancer
Unity Phelan, Dancer
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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
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.