Morphoses is a

ballet company A ballet company is a type of dance troupe which performs classical ballet, neoclassical ballet, and/or contemporary ballet in the European tradition, plus managerial and support staff. Most major ballet companies employ dancers on a year-round ba ...

, co-founded in 2007 by

Christopher Wheeldon Christopher Peter Wheeldon OBE (born 22 March 1973) is an English international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Life and career Born in Yeovil, Somerset, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dan ...

and

Lourdes Lopez Lourdes Lopez (born 1958) is a Cuban-American ballet company artistic director of Miami City Ballet and former principal dancer of New York City Ballet. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation. Miami City Ballet is th ...

. Morphoses is a guest resident company at the

New York City Center New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and th ...

and at

Sadler's Wells Theatre Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue in Clerkenwell, London, England located on Rosebery Avenue next to New River Head. The present-day theatre is the sixth on the site since 1683. It consists of two performance spaces: a 1,500-seat ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company until February 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving the company.

Productions

City Center, October 1–5, 2008

program one, October 1–3

= ''Polyphonia''

= NY Times
by

Roslyn Sulcas Roslyn Sulcas is a dance critic and culture writer for ''The New York Times''. She was raised in Cape Town, South Africa, and studied English literature at university, receiving post-graduate degrees from the University of Cape Town and Paris VII ( ...

, October 2, 2008 **Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography ** Ligeti's eponymous music **costumes by

Holly Hynes Holly Hynes is an accomplished, award winning costume designer with over 250 ballets to her credit, including more than 70 at the New York City Ballet. Hynes' designs are also on view in companies around the world, including American Ballet Theatre, ...

**lighting by Mark Stanley *

Wendy Whelan Wendy Whelan (; born May 7, 1967) is an American ballet dancer. She was principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and performed with the company for 30 years, and toured in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Whelan has also been an influential gue ...

Tiler Peck Tiler Kalyn Peck (born January 12, 1989) is an American ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. As well as ballet, she has performed in musical theatre shows and has made cameo appearances in films including ''Donni ...

Beatriz Stix-Brunell Beatriz Eugenia Stix-Brunell (born 1993) is an American ballet dancer. Her career started with Morphoses when she was 14. She joined the Royal Ballet in 2010, was promoted to first soloist in 2016, and retired in 2021. Early life Stix-Brunell w ...

Teresa Reichlen Teresa Reichlen (born ) is an American ballet dancer. She joined the New York City Ballet in 2001, was promoted to principal dancer in 2009, and retired in 2022. Early life Reichlen was born in Clifton, Virginia. She has three brothers. When she ...

Tyler Angle This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers. Principal dancers Soloists This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists. Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet. * Victor Abreu * Devin Albe ...

* Gonzalo Garcia * Craig Hall * Jason Fowler

= ''Monotones II''

= **Frederick Ashton’s

choreography Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design ...

** Satie's ''Trois Gymnopédie'' **

costumes Costume is the distinctive style of dress or cosmetic of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch. In short costume is a cultural visual of the people. The term also was tradition ...

and

lighting Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylig ...

by Ashton *

Maria Kowroski Maria Kowroski is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. Early life Kowroski was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She started ballet at the age of five. In 1992, she entered the School of American Ballet ...

Rubinald Pronk Rubinald Rofino Pronk (born 17 July ), born and raised in The Hague, Netherlands, is a ''danseur'' performing with the Morphoses/ The Wheeldon Company. He trained at the Royal (Dutch) Conservatory of Dance and joined the Dutch National Ballet at a ...

Edward Watson Edward Watson may refer to: * Edward Watson (died 1617), MP for Stamford *Edward Watson (dancer) Edward Watson MBE (born 21 May 1976) is a British ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer and coach with the Royal Ballet in London. Early years E ...

= ''Commedia''

= New York City premiereVillage Voice
by

Deborah Jowitt Deborah Jowitt is an American dance critic, author, and choreographer. Her career in dance began as a performer and choreographer. Jowitt has received several awards for her work, including a ''Bessie'' (New York Dance and Performance Award) for h ...

, October 7, 2008 **Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography ** Stravinsky’s ''

Pulcinella Suite ''Pulcinella'' is a one-act ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on an 18th-century play, ''Quatre Polichinelles semblables'' ("Four identical Pulcinellas"). Pulcinella is a stock character originating from ''commedia dell'arte''. The ballet premier ...

'' **costumes by

Isabel Toledo Isabel Toledo (born Maria Isabel Izquierdo; April 9, 1960 – August 26, 2019) was a Cuban-American fashion designer based in New York City. She was widely recognized in the fashion industry for her attention to craftsmanship and the "sophisticat ...

**sets by

Ruben Toledo Ruben Toledo (born 1961, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American artist based in New York City. Personal life Toledo and his wife Isabel met in high school in West New York, New Jersey. Books In 1997, Toledo authored ''Style Dictionary'', a collection ...

**lighting by Penny Jacobus *

Leanne Benjamin Leanne Faye Benjamin (born 13 July 1964) is a retired Australian ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Early life and training Benjamin was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, to Jill and Bernie Benjamin. Benj ...

*Beatriz Stix-Brunell *

Céline Cassone Céline Cassone is a French-born ballerina dancing with the Morphoses/ The Wheeldon Company and Benjamin Millepied's Danses Concertantes Drew Jacoby Drew Jacoby (born September 2, 1984) is an American contemporary ballet dancer. As of 2020, she is a principal dancer of Royal Ballet of Flanders. Early life Jacoby was born in Boise, Idaho in 1984. She trained at the School of American Ballet ...

*Rory Hohenstein *

Edwaard Liang Edwaard Liang (born c. 1975/1976 Also available a. in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born American dancer and choreographer. He grew up in Marin County, California. Career Liang began studying dance at the age of 5. He entered the School of Ame ...

*Rubinald Pronk *Edward Watson

= ''Six Fold Illuminate''

= Village Voice
by

, October 7, 2008 ** Emily Molnar's choreography ** Reich's ''Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards'' **costumes by

Narciso Rodriguez Narciso Jesus Rodriguez III (; born January 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer. Early life and education Rodriguez was born in Newark, New Jersey, the eldest child and only son of Cuban parents. His parents, Narciso Rodríguez Sanchez I ...

**lighting by Pierre Lavoie *Drew Jacoby *Céline Cassone *Edwaard Liang *Edward Watson *Rubinald Pronk *Rory Hohenstein

program two, October 4–5

= ''Commedia''

= New York City premiereVillage Voice
by

, October 7, 2008 *Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography **Stravinsky’s ''Pulcinella Suite'' **costumes by Isabel Toledo **sets by Ruben Toledo **lighting by Penny Jacobus *Leanne Benjamin *Beatriz Stix-Brunell *Céline Cassone *Drew Jacoby *Rory Hohenstein *Edwaard Liang *Rubinald Pronk *Edward Watson

= ''One''

= Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's ''One'' replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s ''The Dream Pas de Deux'' due to injury. *

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (born 30 April 1973) is a Belgian-born international choreographer based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dance background Ochoa, who is half-Colombian and half-Belgian, completed her dance training at the Royal Ballet Acad ...

's choreography ** Jacob Ter Vedhuis' music **costumes by Benjamin Briones **lighting by Lopez Ochoa *Drew Jacoby *Rubinald Pronk

= ''Monotones II''

= **Frederick Ashton’s choreography **Satie's ''Trois Gymnopédie'' **costumes and lighting by Ashton Wendy Whelan *Tyler Angle *

Adrian Danchig-Waring This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers. Principal dancers Soloists This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists. Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet. * Victor Abreu * Devin Albe ...

= ''Shutters Shut''

= **

Lightfoot León Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT; literal translation Netherlands Dance Theatre) is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the ''Amare'' building in The Hague. NDT also performs at other venues in the Netherlands, including Amst ...

's choreography **text by

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

**costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León *Christine Thomassenguest artist *Andreas Heise

= ''Fools’ Paradise''

= *Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography **music by

Joby Talbot Joby Talbot (born 25 August 1971) is a British composer. He has written for a wide variety of purposes and an accordingly broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and wo ...

, adapted for string orchestra from his score for the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

's release of silent film

The Dying Swan ''The Dying Swan'' (originally ''The Swan'') is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's ''Le Cygne'' from ''Le Carnaval des animaux'' as a '' pièce d'occasion'' for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed it abo ...

**costumes by

**lighting by Penny Jacobus *Wendy Whelan *Maria Kowroski *Teresa Reichlen *Tiler Peck *Céline Cassone *Craig Hall *Edwaard Liang *Adrian Danchig-Waring *Gonzalo Garcia

Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ...
, March 8–9, 2009

''Commedia''

**Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography **Stravinsky's music

Fall for Dance, September–October 2009

''Softly as I Leave You''

**Lightfoot León’s choreography ** Pärt and Bach's music *Drew Jacoby *Rubinald Pronk

City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009

program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31

NY Times review
by Gia Kourlas, October 30, 2009NY Post review
by Leigh Witchel, October 30, 2009 ** accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

= ''Commedia''

= **Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography **Stravinsky's music

= ''Softly as I Leave You''

= **Lightfoot León's choreography **Pärt and Bach's music *Drew Jacoby *Rubinald Pronk

= ''Bolero''

= **

Alexei Ratmansky Alexei Osipovich Ratmansky (russian: Алексей Осипович Ратманский, born August 27, 1968) is a Russian-American choreographer and former ballet dancer. From 2004 to 2008 he was the director of the Bolshoi Ballet. He left R ...

’s choreography ** Ravel's music

= ''new Harbour ballet''

= ** Tim Harbour’s choreography US premiere **Edwards' music

program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1

**all piano program

= ''Continuum''

= **Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography **Ligeti's music

= ''Softly as I Leave You''

= **Lightfoot León’s choreography **Pärt and Bach's music

= ''new Wheeldon ballet''

= **Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography **Rachmaninoff's music

notes

Dancers

2008 New York City Center

*Beatriz Stix-Brunell *Céline Cassone *Christine Thomassen guest artist *Drew Jacoby *Leanne Benjamin *Maria Kowroski *Teresa Reichlen *Tiler Peck *Wendy Whelan *Adrian Danchig-Waring *Andreas Heise *Craig Hall *Edwaard Liang *Edward Watson *Gonzalo Garcia *Jason Fowler *Rory Hohenstein *Rubinald Pronk *Tyler Angle

notes

2009 Fall for Dance

* Drew Jacoby * Rubinald Pronk

2009 New York City Center

* Carrie Lee Riggins * Danielle Rowe * Drew Jacoby * Gabrielle Lamb *

Melissa Barak Melissa Barak (born August 9, 1979 in Los AngelesState of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905–1995'' (Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics).) is a choreographer and ballerina. S ...

* Rachel Sherak * Wendy Whelan * Andrew Crawford * Edwaard Liang * Juan Pablo Ledo * Lucas Segovia * Matthew Prescott * Rory Hohenstein * Rubinald Pronk *

Ty Gurfein Tyler Gurfein (born November 4, 1989, in Manhattan, New York) is an American dancer performing with the Staatsballett Berlin in Berlin, Germany and previously with Ballett Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland and Morphoses/ The Wheeldon Company. ...

Reviews

* Village Voice by

, November 10, 2009 *Sulcas, Roslyn, 2009, "New Troupe Faces a Hard Reality," ''International Herald Tribune'', October 24–25, pp. 15 & 19.

Footnotes

References

* ''

Playbill ''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's pr ...

'', City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008

External links

Morphoses
official website
City Center
official website
Sadler's Wells
official website
Morphoses on the Sadler's Wells websiteVail International Dance Festival: Morphoses dancer biosArchival footage of Morphoses performing at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2012
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morphoses productions, List of Ballet companies in the United States Lists of ballets by company 2007 establishments in the United States Performing groups established in 2007

Productions

City Center, October 1–5, 2008

program one, October 1–3

= ''Polyphonia''

= ''Monotones II''

= ''Commedia''

= ''Six Fold Illuminate''

program two, October 4–5

= ''Commedia''

= ''One''

= ''Monotones II''

= ''Shutters Shut''

= ''Fools’ Paradise''

Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ..., March 8–9, 2009

''Commedia''

Fall for Dance, September–October 2009

''Softly as I Leave You''

City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009

program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31

= ''Commedia''

= ''Softly as I Leave You''

= ''Bolero''

= ''new Harbour ballet''

program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1

= ''Continuum''

= ''Softly as I Leave You''

= ''new Wheeldon ballet''

notes

Dancers

2008 New York City Center

notes

2009 Fall for Dance

2009 New York City Center

Reviews

Footnotes

References

External links

Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ...
, March 8–9, 2009