More Bournonville at NYCB
Lauren Lovette and Anthony Huxley had their débuts in Peter Martins’ La Sylphide, and Teresa Reichlen and Zachary Catazaro danced the pas de deux from Flower Festival in Genzano. Read my review for DanceTabs here.
Bournonville in the House
At the spring gala, New York City Ballet unveiled a program of Bournonville works. In the first half, a suite of excerpts, including Flower Festival in Genzano and the tarantella from Napoli. In the second, La Sylphide (performed without an intermission). How did they do? You can see my DanceTabs review here.
Starting off 2015 with a toast to Bournonville
Wrote a piece on the enduring appeal of the Royal Danes for the Times. You can read it here. An ensemble from the company will travel to the Joyce Jan. 13-18.
Onward, Ballet
After a little hiatus, here’s my first review of the pre-season, for DanceTabs. It’s a roundup of the second half of the so-called “Ballet v6.0 Festival,” a showcase of young choreographers working outside of the large ballet institutions (presented by the Joyce Theatre). I caught the work of three choreographers: Olivier Wevers, Troy Schumacher, and Jessica Lang. Been wondering what the up-and-coming generation of ballet choreographers is up to? Well, here’s a peek.
A short excerpt: “There are lingering questions in people’s minds about ballet’s validity. Mainly, these tend to focus on the academicism of its forms, on the question of what is suitable content for dance, and, inevitably, on the stark gender division implied by the pointe shoe. What are the ethics and esthetics of dancing on pointe in 2013?”
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