YAGP Gala

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 18 April 2015

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“The night belonged to the young dancers who are the future of ballet around the world”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 16 April 2015

Minuet in D Minor (Emery Le Crone)

Windy Sand (Alexei Kremnev)

Isabella Boylston, Dancer

Paloma Herrera, Dancer

Calvin Royal III, Dancer

Kimin Kim, Dancer

Xander Parish, Dancer

Kristina Shapran, Dancer

Teresa Reichlen, Dancer

Zachary Catazaro, Dancer

Mikhail Kaniskin, Dancer

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Dancer

Juan Pablo Ledo, Dancer

Melissa Hamilton, Dancer

Chicago Opera Theater's bold study of contrasts

Katherine Syer, 16th November

An unusual double bill of operas by Joby Talbot and Sergei Rachmaninov under conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya in Chicago.

****1

At NYCB, Fairchild bids adieu in her final performances of Coppélia

Leigh Donlan, 22nd May

Megan Fairchild pours her heart into her final performances of Coppélia at New York City Ballet.

*****

Good vibrations: Robbins, Balanchine and Bach at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 13th May

Concerto Barocco and The Goldberg Variations make an unbeatable, timeless pairing at New York City Ballet.

*****

Tiler Peck’s Symphonie Espagnole for NYCB is sprawling and ambitious

Ivy Lin, 9th May

A triple bill including Tiler Peck’s newest ballet for NYCB, does not entirely work. Too much blue light and sadness for one program.

***11

Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 1st May

A longtime NYCB fan favorite, Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, meets the New York premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Continuum. But the evening belonged to corps dancer Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries.

****1

Mira Nadon’s sparkling debut in Firebird with New York City Ballet

Ivy Lin, 25th April

A triple bill comprising Balanchine's Symphony in C, Agon and Firebird could not have been more inspiringly danced by New York City Ballet.

*****

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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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