Vail dance, a remix, at City Center

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 06 November 2016

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“Damian Woetzel puts together programs, musicians and dancers with a creative curator’s eye”

Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 3 November 2016

Apollo (Apollon musagète) (George Balanchine)

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Fandango (Alexei Ratmansky)

This Bitter Earth (Christopher Wheeldon)

Élégie (George Balanchine)

Divertimento brillante (George Balanchine)

Damian Woetzel, Director

Herman Cornejo, Dancer

Tiler Peck, Dancer

Isabella Boylston, Dancer

Misa Kuranaga, Dancer

Michelle Dorrance, Dancer

Melissa Toogood, Dancer

Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, Dancer

Robert Fairchild, Dancer

Sara Mearns, Dancer

Calvin Royal III, Dancer

Kate Davis, Vocals

Carla Körbes, Dancer

Joseph Gordon, Dancer

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

****1

American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

****1

A spectacular triple bill lifts ABT’s spring season in New York

Leigh Donlan, 13th March

A finely curated triple bill from American Ballet Theatre included works from Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and Alexei Ratmansky.

****1

Understatement and spectacle at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 26th February

Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and George Balanchine's Diamonds make a study in contrasts. With lots of debuts in the former and seasoned leads in the latter.

*****

Fast Forward: Hamburg Ballet’s mixed bill proves a mixed success

Vikki Jane Vile, 22nd February

All that glistens... the world premiere of Xie Xin’s The Moon in the Ocean is the highlight of a mixed bill programme spanning 90 years of choreography.

***11

Study in Scarlet: Rubies crown Balanchine’s Jewels in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 8th February

With a trio of excellent performances, Balanchine's sassy Rubies proves the hit as Jewels – a relatively recent acquisition – returns to the Wiener Staatsballett.

****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.

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