]> http://www.aaaah.org/taxonomy/term/502/0 Auto generated by aggregator2 autotaxonomy en http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_gala_at_spac.html <p>Saturday’s Gala at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center had a relaxed, laid-back feel that matched the hot, humid evening, but the outdoor setting and sticky weather didn’t stop the crowds from dressing up for the occasion. Nor was the event lacking in star power: Rita Moreno, who played “Anita” in the film version of [...]</p> Dancing adrian danchig-waring amar ramasar andrew veyette ashley bouder austin laurent balanchine ballet benjamin millepied brahms brahms/handel criticism dance dance writing david prottas georgina pazcoguin gonzalo garcia handel henry seth jared angle jerome robbins leonard bernstein music new york city ballet new york city ballet reviews opus 19/the dreamer peter martins prokofiev rita moreno sara mearns saratoga performing arts center sean suozzi spac stephen sondheim tiler peck twyla tharp wendy whelan west side story west side story suite Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:32:07 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_bach_to_glass_a_musical_odyssey_ii.html <p>NYCB dancers in the final pose from Robbins’ Glass Pieces, photo by Paul Kolnik Tuesday’s evenings program at New York City Ballet took the audience on a musical journey from Bach’s solo piano and solo cello pieces, to an early twentieth century violin concerto by Alban Berg, to Philip Glass’s minimalist music of the 1980s.  The [...]</p> Dancing 2 and 3 part inventions a suite of dances adrian danchig-waring akhnaten alban berg bach bach to glass ballet baryshinkov baryshnikov charles askegard choreography criticism dance dance writing facades glass pieces glassworks in memory of international jacques moatti jared angle jerome robbins maria kowroski music new york city ballet nicolas le riche nycb reviews paris opera ballet paul kolnik philip glass philip neal photography rebecca krohn reviews rubric school of american ballet tyler angle wendy whelan white oak dance project Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:27:33 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_definitive_chopin.html <p>I’ll be the first to admit that I love Chopin’s piano pieces. They are breezy, thoughtful, and at times dramatic and intense. With such beautiful music, it is easy to let the mind wander (as mine did several times throughout the performance), to lose yourself in listening to the music, which is exactly what Jerome [...]</p> Dancing american ballet theatre andrew veyette ballet chopin damian woetzel dance dances at a gathering definitive chopin gonzalo garcia jared angle jerome robbins julie kent music new york city new york city ballet nycb other dances reviews sara mearns sterling hyltin the concert Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:32:17 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_here_and_now.html <p>Christopher Wheeldon’s Rococo Variations - photo by Paul Kolnik “Here and Now” was a fitting title for a program that featured four contemporary works - the oldest premiered in 1998 - by some of the most sought-after choreographers in ballet today. But I was swept far away from the here and the now, traveling to [...]</p> Dancing adrian danchig-waring alexei ratmansky andrew veyette ashley bouder ask la cour ballet benjamin millepied charles wuorinen choreographers christopher wheeldon concerto dsch contemporary dance dance georgina pazcoguin giovanni villalobos gonzalo garcia here and now jared angle joaquin de luz maria kowroski mauro bigonzetti music new york city ballet nycb oltremare peter martins reviews river of light robert fairchild rococo variations russian seasons sara mearns savannah lowery shostakovich sterling hyltin teresa reichlen tyler angle wendy whelan Sat, 31 May 2008 07:00:17 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_baroque_to_jazz_a_musical_odyssey.html <p>Rachel Rutherford and Craig Hall in N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, photo by Paul Kolnik The Jerome Robbins Celebration is well underway at NYCB, now in its fourth week of the spring season.  Although I’ve already seen several Robbins ballets since the start of the season, Wednesday evening’s “Baroque to Jazz” program was the first one that [...]</p> Dancing adrian danchig-waring amar ramasar articles ashley bouder bach ballet baroque to jazz ben shahn brandenburg charles askegard chopin craig hall dance georgina pazcoguin gonzalo garcia in the night janie taylor jared angle jerome robbins megan fairchild music new york city ballet ny export: opus jazz nycb reviews philip neal piano rachel rutherford rebecca krohn reviews robert prince sara mearns sean suozzi tyler angle wendy whelan west side story Thu, 22 May 2008 15:48:59 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_world_tour.html <p>Albert Evans, Rebecca Krohn, Jonathan Stafford, and Rachel Rutherford in Russian Seasons (photo by John Ross) Every season, the artistic staff at New York City Ballet has the daunting task of creating a variety of programs that will attract audiences, show variety and breadth - choreographically, musically, and thematically - and will offer the dancers room to [...]</p> Dancing adam hendrickson albert evans alexei ratmansky amar ramasar an american in paris balanchine ballet bugaku christopher wheeldon damian woetzel dance darci kistler galina solovyena george gershwin jared angle john adams jonathan stafford leonid desyatnikov mark stanley max van der sterre music new york city ballet nixon in china nycb peter martins photography rachel rutherford rebecca krohn reviews russian folklore russian seasons sara mearns sean suozzi sibelius teresa reichlen the chairman dances tiler peck valse triste wendy whelan world tour Mon, 12 May 2008 05:52:28 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/new_york_city_ballet_seasons.html <p>New York City Ballet’s “Seasons” program presented two distinctly different works that exemplified the choreographic breadth of Jerome Robbins. The dark, meditative Watermill uses the seasons to convey the passing of time and the different stages in a man’s life, while The Four Seasons is a spirited personification of winter, spring, summer, and fall. Before seeing [...]</p> Dancing antonio carmena ashley bouder balanchine ballet dance daniel ulbricht giuseppe verdi jared angle jerome robbins kaitlyn gilliland megan fairchild music new york city ballet nikolaj hubbe noh reviews sara mearns sean suozzi shakuhachi the four seasons tyler angle watermill Mon, 05 May 2008 06:40:20 +0000 http://www.aaaah.org/all_american_and_not_a_tutu_in_sight.html <p>American Songs and Dances is a fitting title for the New York City Ballet program I saw on Wednesday night, which included Thou Swell, Ives, Songs, and West Side Story Suite. These are all period pieces, occurring at a specific time and place in America - and all (refreshingly) without tutus. Peter Martins’ [...]</p> Dancing adrian danchig-waring andrew veyette charles askegard charles ives dance david prottas faye arthurs georgina pazcoguin gretchen smith ives songs jared angle jerome robbins justin peck kathryn morgan leonard bernstein music new york city ballet peter martins photography reviews richard rogers robert fairchild robert lafosse thou swell wendy whelan west side story west side story suite Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:51:52 +0000