Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet

Chun Wai Chan and Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries

Adrian Danchig-Waring and Taylor Stanley in Lar Lubovitch’s Each In Their Own Time

New York City Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum

Mira Nadon and Ryan Tomash in Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum

Adrian Danchig-Waring and Unity Phelan in Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH

Indiana Woodward in Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH

By Carla Escoda, 10 May 2026

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“as if gleefully catching a thermal yet, like Icarus, flying dangerously close to the sun”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 1 May 2026

Each In Their Own Time (Lar Lubovitch)

Concerto DSCH (Alexei Ratmansky)

Distant Cries (Edwaard Liang)

Continuum (Christopher Wheeldon)

New York City Ballet

Holly Hynes, Costume Designer

Mark Stanley, Lighting Designer

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Lar Lubovitch’s Othello is Shakespeare meets drambalet at ABT

Ivy Lin, 6th March

In spite of somewhat limited dance vocabulary, American Ballet Theatre showcased its strength in dance actors presenting a very enjoyable Othello in New York.

***11

Balanchine's Baiser de la fée still doesn't work

Ivy Lin, 19th September

Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée is revived infrequently. It is an odd ballet, as if Balanchine’s couldn’t quite resolve his troubles choreographing to this piece.

****1

New York City Center’s Fall for Dance 2020

Ivy Lin, 29th October

New York City Center’s annual Fall for Dance festival heads online in a pair of programs, one much stronger than the other.

****1

Lar Lubovitch: A Golden Anniversary

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 20th April

At its best, Lubovitch's work elevates the spirit and serves as a reminder that there’s beauty in the world.

***11

ABT's Othello

Carla Escoda, 19th May

American Ballet Theatre revives Lar Lubovitch's 1997 Othello with Marcelo Gomes, Julie Kent, James Whiteside, and Stella Abrera in the lead roles. Unfortunately, the formidable dancing and acting could not survive the calamitous score.

**111

Lar Lubovitch's shapely choreography a good mix of trite and appropriately mystifying

Rachel Rizzuto, 9th October

In the Joyce Theater’s Wednesday night program for the 45th anniversary of Lar Lubovitch’s company, Mr Lubovitch presented three duets – bits of fluff, really – and one enigmatic piece for nine men that has left me bewildered and yet decidedly in favor of it.

***11

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet from Wheeldon, Ratmansky, Liang and Lubovitch