Ratmansky world premiere engages with the Voices

By Carla Escoda, 02 February 2020

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“as absorbing a tribute to the female spirit as the fearsome Wilis in Giselle”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 30 January 2020

Bright (Justin Peck)

Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)

Voices (Alexei Ratmansky)

Opus 19 / The Dreamer (Jerome Robbins)

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Stephen Gosling, Piano

Sara Mearns, Dancer

Megan Fairchild, Dancer

Unity Phelan, Dancer

Georgina Pazcoguin, Dancer

Lauren Lovette, Dancer

Mira Nadon, Dancer

Gonzalo Garcia, Dancer

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****1

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****1

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****1

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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.

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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.

Ratmansky world premiere engages with the Voices of six iconoclastic women