July 13 2024 7:30 evening Boosted by the music of Jonathan Dove, Michael Zev Gordon, Ottorino Respighi, Aldemaro Romeo, and William Grant, Amy Hall Garner’s Underneath, there is Light is a thrilling ballet. The well-designed costumes of Marc Happel—the women in airy dresses, the men in sleek pants or shorts, allow all to showcase their…
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New York City Ballet at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in July
Featured image: New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Peter Walker in George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes/Photo credit: Erin Baiano July 13, 2024 2:00 pm matinee Once a several week residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), with as much Balanchine as one could possibly want in a season, New York City Ballet (NYCB) now…
New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center featuring Emilie Gerrity, Unity Phelan, Anthony Huxley, Taylor Stanley
Stanley Laracey and Taylor Stanley, SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS All images courtesy NYCB (photo credits: Erin Baiano) NYCB has a lot to celebrate this year. Three ballet masterpieces. SCÈNES DE BALLET Christopher Wheeldon’s Scènes de Ballet is wonderfully nostalgic, a sensitive look into the world of ballet training for young children and older teens. The…
Copland Dance Episodes at Saratoga Springs
The Company in Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes. Photo credit: Erin Baiano Saturday, July 22nd at 7:30pm There’s much to like about Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes. Peck is the resident choreographer and artistic adviser of New York City Ballet. A masterful choreographer, he creates pieces for large ensembles on stage just as easily as…
The New York City Ballet at Saratoga Springs July 2022
The New York City Ballet, with its superb orchestra directed by Andrew Litton, returned to Saratoga Springs for a short week. Whereas declining arts audiences in Covid has been a concern, Saratoga Springs’ Performing Arts Center prevails, as does the New York City Ballet. The performances on Saturday, July 16 were nothing short of astounding….
New York City Ballet’s La Valse, and more
NYCB fall program
Innovators and Icons
Review of NYCB’s stunning fall program
Robbins Bigonzetti Ratmansky
The September 25 evening program of the New York City Ballet’s fall season opened with Opus 19/The Dreamer, set to Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, the composer’s first violin concerto and often referred to as “music in technicolor.” So, too, Jerome Robbins’ colorful dance, with lead couple Tiler Peck and Gonzalo Garcia, and a…
New York City Ballet stuns with fall program
NYCB stuns in fall opening program
FoodWISE, the cost of convenience, and ballet companies pivoting
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on industry credibility and advertising, and the cost of convenience—and then talks about national ballet companies that are pivoting during the coronavirus pandemic. Bravo! For example, see: NYCB’s fall. San Francisco Ballet’s season begins January 19: SFB’s fall image: sfballet.org