Dale Posted May 13, 2003 Posted May 13, 2003 From the company web site: Peter Martins Interview On Thursday, May 15, radio station WNYC (FM 93.9) will air an interview with New York City Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins beginning at 2:06pm. Mr. Martins will discuss his work with composer John Adams including their newest collaboration, Guide to Strange Places.
Farrell Fan Posted May 13, 2003 Posted May 13, 2003 Like all of Martins' ballets to Adams' music so far, this is not strictly speaking a collaboration. The music already existed before Martins did the choreography. Only in the case of Adams' Violin Concerto was there a quasi-collaboration in that Adams knew before composing it that it would be used for a Martins ballet. Oddly enough, Martins has expressed unhappiness with some of his choreography for that one.
Patricia Posted May 15, 2003 Posted May 15, 2003 I just finished listening to the Martins interview. The artistic director/ballet-master-in-chief claims that his CHAIRMAN DANCES was the "first" all female ballet. I can think of at least three that premiered long before that: GALA PERFORMANCE (the 19th century one) SCHERZO A LA RUSSE ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS I'm sure there are others... Just think, in August Martins and Gergiev can share their revisionist history of theatre together.
Alexandra Posted May 15, 2003 Posted May 15, 2003 Good catch, Patricia! There are also about 310,000 all-female modern dance pieces, of course.
Farrell Fan Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 I heard the interview too, and the interviewer expressed surprise at Martins' claim, but the Ballet Master in Chief had no doubts on the matter. Apparently he doesn't even remember the Robbins (his one-time co-Ballet Master in Chief) "Antique Epigraphs."
carbro Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 You can hear the interview at your own convenience at: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/05152003 Nice that it is available for interested listeners beyond the New York broadcast area.
Mel Johnson Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 And what of the "Ballet of the Spirits of Nuns" in Robert le Diable? The only man I can think of is a singer who is "in hiding" during it, which actually means he's slipped offstage.
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