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The Stravinsky Spectrum
by Leigh Witchel Once upon a time, Stravinsky was the house composer for New York City Ballet. He’s not around to make anything new, but NYCB is still able to put together a program featuring a...
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Children of Their Time
by Leigh Witchel We don’t choose when we’re alive. Golden age, silver, hell on earth or the long, dull slog, we live when we live and we reflect our times. Arriving at the right moment to till a barely...
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Asleep (isn’t always) Beauteous
By Leigh Witchel Alexei Ratmansky’s new work for New York City Ballet’s spring gala, “Odessa,” is at once tongue-in-cheek and tone deaf, and you could spend an uncomfortable amount of time trying to...
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NYCB’s Swan Lake: A Consumer Guide
Peter Martins’ “Swan Lake” was first done in Denmark in ‘96, and flew to New York City Ballet in ‘99. It’s been danced consistently at NYCB since, even though the company also kept Balanchine’s one-act...
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Going Off on His Own
by Leigh Witchel For a short but depressing moment, the new piece on the New Combinations program at New York City Ballet looked as if it were going to be the same old same old. But soon enough Peter...
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Cries and Whispers
by Leigh Witchel Guillaume Côté has been the National Ballet of Canada’s reigning prince for two decades. But surrounded by the nervous energy of Sara Mearns’ swan in his debut in New York City...
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