dirac Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 A review of Christopher Williams Dances by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times. Quote It’s also personal. As with another new Ballets Russes-era reimagining on the program, “The Afternoon of a Faun,” Williams has put a queer twist on the original. Both are closely associated with Vaslav Nijinsky, the sensational dancer who choreographed and starred in the first, highly erotic “Faun”; Williams’s response is to cast Taylor Stanley, a gifted New York City Ballet principal whose soulful, subtle dancing manifests from the inside out. While incredibly precise, Stanley has the ability to be mysterious without seeming to try; here, he is something of a wizard in the way he brings to life the sculptural poses so reminiscent of Nijinsky, yet with his own modern beating heart. Link to comment
dirac Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 A review of American Ballet Theatre by Robert Greskovic in The Wall Street Journal. Quote Based on “Callirhoe,” an ancient Greek text by Chariton, and effectively set to Aram Khachaturian’s music as arranged by Philip Feeney, “Of Love and Rage” had its world premiere, in Costa Mesa, Calif., in March 2020. In New York last week, fresh and stirring performances held the ABT stage with finesse and force, if not necessarily narrative clarity—the plot, involving warring peoples in 400 B.C., is hard to follow. Catherine Hurlin, especially, as Callirhoe and Aran Bell as her jealous and repentant lover, Chaereas, led off the eight-performance run with even greater depth than during their outings in the work two years ago. Link to comment
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