NYCB's signature styles in DC

By Hilary Stroh, 02 March 2016

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“a divertissement of new and older works”

Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Opera House, Washington on 1 March 2016

Ash (Peter Martins) (Peter Martins)

After the Rain: pas de deux (Christopher Wheeldon)

The Infernal Machine (Peter Martins)

The Most Incredible Thing (Dessner/Peck) (Justin Peck)

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 2 (George Balanchine)

New York City Ballet

Tiler Peck, Dancer

Jared Angle, Dancer

Ashley Laracey, Dancer

Amar Ramasar, Dancer

Teresa Reichlen, 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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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.

New York City Ballet meets DC audiences with light-hearted divertissements