]> http://www.aaaah.org/taxonomy/term/194/0 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_dancers_choice_program.html <p>Designed by NYCB soloist Craig Hall The New York State Theater was packed on Friday night, and not just with the typical crowd of New York City Ballet devotees. Young people, too, had flocked to Lincoln Center to see the Dancers’ Choice program, a benefit for the Dancers’ Emergency Fund. Principal dancer Jonathan Stafford [...]</p> Dancing aaron severini abi stafford adam hendrickson ahknaten allen peiffer andrew veyette ask la cour balanchine ballet christopher wheeldon craig hall dance dance blogs dance events dancers' choice program dancers' emergency fund david prottas emeralds flit of fury - the monarch george balanchine glass pieces gretchen smith henry seth hershy kay jerome robbins jonathan stafford kyle froman lincoln center mercurial manouevres music new york city new york city ballet nycb peter martins philip glass reviews robert fairchild rubies sean suozzi sophie flack square dance stars and stripes stephen gosling steven beck symphony in c teresa reichlen troy schumacher tyler angle union jack Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:18:44 +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/heartbreaking_matters_of_the_heart.html <p>The quadruple-bill “Matters of the Heart” program at New York City Ballet was definitely worth seeing, just maybe not on Valentine’s Day. Three out of the four ballets ended with heartbreak, death, or loss (or all of the above), the exception being the story-less Raymonda Variations. Maybe Peter Martins should have thought that [...]</p> Dancing adrian danchig-waring ashley bouder balanchine benjamin millepied christopher wheeldon dance daniel ulbricht darci kistler davidsbundlertanze megan fairchild music new york city ballet raymonda variations reviews sara mearns sean suozzi the nightingale and the rose the steadfast tin soldier wendy whelan Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:09:57 +0000