NYCB: Martins / Walker / Ratmansky

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 11 February 2018

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“Walker’s treatment of the ensemble dancing was deft with appealing patterns and movement”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 9 February 2018

The Red Violin (Peter Martin)

dance odyssey (Peter Walker)

Russian Seasons (Alexei Ratmansky)

New York City Ballet

Ashley Laracey, Dancer

Tiler Peck, Dancer

Zachary Catazaro, Dancer

Unity Phelan, Dancer

Chase Finlay, Dancer

Megan LeCrone, Dancer

Sebastián Villarini-Vélez, Dancer

Devin Alberda, Dancer

Emilie Gerrity, Dancer

Megan Fairchild, Dancer

Pleasant but bland New York City Ballet fall season opener

Ivy Lin, 16th September

A slightly under par opening night at New York City Ballet but nevertheless, some strong individual performances.

***11

NYCB: Justin Peck revisits the familiar in Mystic Familiar

Ivy Lin, 10th May

New York City Ballet deliver an enjoyable, diverse, if occasionally predictable triple bill with revivals of works premiered last season.

****1

New York City Ballet dancers revel in a double scoop of Robbins

Carla Escoda, 1st May

Two masterworks by Jerome Robbins, Brandenburg and A Suite of Dances, are joined by Wheeldon's steamy After the Rain and Ratmansky's Paquita challenge.

****1

NYCB: All Balanchine program felled by miscasting

Ivy Lin, 6th February

An uneven performance with mishaps and mis-pairings, yet still offering some outstanding individual interpretations.

***11

NYCB: Ballets that dance themselves?

Ivy Lin, 13th October

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.

*****

NYCB: 75th anniversary program is an appealing, popular nod to history

Carla Escoda, 11th October

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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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.

New York City Ballet: Martins, Walker and Ratmansky