NYCB: 21st Century Choreographers

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 06 February 2018

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 4 February 2018

The Wind Still Brings (Troy Schumacher)

Composer's Holiday (Gianna Reisen)

Spectral Evidence (Angelin Preljocaj)

Year of the Rabbit (Justin Peck)

New York City Ballet

Foreseeable Future is aimless movement to aimless music at NYCB

Ivy Lin, 9th October

Some excellent individual performances but a disappointing program for Contemporary Choreography I with New York City Ballet.

**111

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

An historic moment at New York City Ballet, long overdue

Carla Escoda, 12th October

What took so long, you may wonder, to get three female choreographers on a triple bill at New York City Ballet. This one yielded three keepers.

****1

NYCB's Contemporary Choreography marred by middle pieces

Ivy Lin, 14th May

Although Glass Pieces and Pictures at an Exhibition are on the surface very different ballets, they both draw us into their world. I wish NYCB had been able to find more compelling middle ballets.

***11

NYCB: Abraham's Love Letter (On Shuffle) is another huge hit

Ivy Lin, 13th May

Contemporary ballet often shies away from unabashed romance. Kyle Abraham instead leans into the love story.

****1

NYCB's eclectic program worth the three hours

Ivy Lin, 11th May

The ending of Stars and Stripesis a sure-fire applause machine. The lowering of the flag while all the regiments march and salute onstage is so corny that only Balanchine could have choreographed it with a straight face. And yet it worked in 1958 and it works in 2019.

*****

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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.

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