dirac Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 A new ballet is dedicated to Serena Williams. Quote Match is a duet performed by Skylar Brandt — principal dancer with New York's American Ballet Theatre and considered among the top dancers in the world — and Breeanna Palmer, a school trainee at New York's Joffrey Ballet School. One of the ballerinas will perform in tennis shoes, the other in the classic, flat pointe shoes. The performance came to life thanks to ballet star and choreographer Tiler Peck, the principal dancer for the New York City Ballet. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 A review of American Repertory Ballet by Robert Johnson for NJArts.net. Quote Though whizzing through the ballet with leaps and well-centered turns, Michelle Quiner manages to make Oberon a rounded character. Imperious but petulant, she is also suitably jolly when interviewing Titania after her madcap adventure with Bugzy/Bottom. Clara Pevel flounces defiantly as Titania, but learns to temper her hauteur with sweetness. Nanako Yamamoto is an effervescent Changeling, who would sparkle even without a costume fitted with electric lights. (Phosphorescent purple scenery by Howard C. Jones turns the Athenian woods into a psychedelic jungle.) Seth Koffler’s Bugzy has a sturdiness well-suited to the character he plays. Aldeir Monteiro’s Puck steals the show, however, with his slick technical assurance and expressive mien. Link to comment
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