''Plainspoken'' is a ballet made by principal dancer
Benjamin Millepied on the Chamber Ensemble of
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...
to eponymous music commissioned from Pulitzer Prize winner
David Lang. The premiere took place on Friday, August 6, 2010, at the Center for the Arts,
Center for the Arts, in Jackson Hole
/ref> Jackson Hole, Wyoming; the NYCB premiere took place at the Fall gala on Thursday, October 7, at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
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. Costumes were designed by Karen Young.
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Reviews
NY Times
by Alastair Macaulay, October 9, 2010
Wall Street Journal
by Robert Greskovic, October 14, 2010
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 17, 2010
Articles
NY Times by Chelsea Zalopany, October 8, 2010
New York City Ballet repertory
Ballets by Benjamin Millepied
2010 ballet premieres
Ballets designed by Karen Young
Ballets by David Lang