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Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel (born May 17, 1967) is an American choreographer. Woetzel was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he performed from 1985 until 2008. He also frequently performed with companies like the Kirov Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, until his retirement from the stage in 2008. Woetzel has also choreographed a number of ballets for NYCB and other companies. Among his awards, Woetzel has received the Harvard Arts Medal. and the inaugural Gene Kelly Legacy Award. In May 2017, Woetzel was named President of the Juilliard School, replacing Joseph W. Polisi. Early life and education Woetzel was originally trained in Boston at E. Virginia Williams ballet school, studying with Williams and Violette Verdy, and then moved to Los Angeles at 15 where he studied with Irina Kosmovska at the Los Angeles Ballet School. He then joined John Clifford’s Los Angeles Ballet and toured nationally with this company including to New York City where he made his debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. History In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it."Alastair Macaulay, "A Paragon of the Arts, as Both Man and Titan" (review of Martin Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy ''On Your Toes''. ''Slaughter'' is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend. The hoofer then shoots the boyfriend. The ballet is integrated into the plot of the musical by the device of having two gangsters watching it from box seats in the theatre in which it is staged. They have orders to shoot the leading dancer (played by Ray Bolger in the original production). The dancer, who has been warned just in time, evades them by suddenly dancing at full speed even after the ballet actually ends, and finally two police officers enter and arrest the gangsters. ''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' was danced by Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva in the original stage production of ''On Your Toes'', and by Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina in the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations Sérieuses (ballet)
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Morphoses (ballet)
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 dancer at the age of 8. He attended the Royal Ballet School between the ages of 11 and 18. In 1991, Wheeldon joined the Royal Ballet, London; and in that same year, he won the gold medal at the Prix de Lausanne competition. In 1993, at the age of 19, Wheeldon moved to New York City to join the New York City Ballet. Wheeldon was named Soloist in 1998.Brown, Mark. "Ballet world abuzz at British choreographer's huge gamble," ''Manchester Guardian'', 5 January 2007. Wheeldon began choreographing for the New York City Ballet in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carousel (ballet)
''Carousel (A Dance)'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to the music of ''Carousel Waltz'' and ''If I Loved You'' (1945) by Richard Rodgers, arranged and orchestrated by William David Brohn. The music used in the ballet is from Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1945 musical ''Carousel''. The premiere took place Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Production ''Carousel (A Dance)'' was commissioned as part of New York City Ballet's gala celebrating Richard Rodgers's centennial, and was not intended to be revived afterwards, though the positive reviews led to its revivals. The ballet is set to music from the 1945 musical ''Carousel'', but it is pure dance rather than a narrative ballet. The ballet shows a love pas de deux between the lead couple, highlighted from the corps de ballet. The ballet was added to Pacific Northwest Ballet's repertoire in 2009. Original cast *Alexandra Ansanelli *Damia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American In Paris (ballet)
''An American in Paris'' is a one-act ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, to the eponymous music by George Gershwin, costumes designed by Holly Hynes, sets designed by Adrianne Lobel and lighting designed by Natasha Katz. The ballet premiered on May 4, 2005 at the New York State Theater. Wheeldon later directed and choreographed the musical adaptation of the ''An American in Paris'' film. Production Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon was first invited to choreograph the musical version of the film ''An American in Paris'', though the project was abandoned. Wheeldon, who said George Gershwin's orchestral piece of the same name was "a great piece of classical music" in addition to being a film score, decided to make a ballet version instead. On the choreography, Wheeldon said he wanted to create a more "balleticize" version with his own choreography, as the film's choreography is simple and uninteresting, but the cinematography made the film work on screen. He said h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unanswered Question (ballet)
''The Unanswered Question: Some Intimations of the American Composer Charles Ives'' is a ballet made by Eliot Feld to Charles Ives' '' The Unanswered Question'', ''Calcium Light Night'', ''Fugue in Four Keys, Mists'', ''From the Housatonic at Stockbridge'', Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Violin (''In the Barn''), ''Remembrance'' and ''An Old Song Deranged''. The premiere took place April 30, 1988, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, as part of New York City Ballet's American Music Festival with lighting by the Feld Ballet's Allen Lee Hughes and Willa Kim's costumes. Other works to the music of Ives in the City Ballet repertory include Peter Martins' ''Calcium Light Night'', Jerome Robbins' ''Ives, Songs'' and George Balanchine's ''Ivesiana''. Original cast * Valentina Kozlova * Buffy Miller * Leslie Roy * Damian Woetzel * Albert Evans * Jeppe Mydtskov * James Sewellguest artists from the Feld Ballet See also * List of ballets by title Footnotes External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ives, Songs
''Ives, Songs'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to songs of Charles Ives: * "The Children's Hour" * "Memories, Part A: Very Pleasant" * "Waltz" * "The Cage" * "The See'r" * "Two Little Flowers" * "At the River and Serenity" * "He is There" * "Tom Sails Away" * "White Gulls"cut from the ballet in June, 1990 * "Songs My Mother Taught Me" * "There is a Lane" * "In Summer Fields" * from the "Incantation" * "Autumn" * "Like a Sick Eagle" * "Elegie" The premiere took place on February 4, 1988 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with scenery by David Mitchell, costumes by Florence Klotz and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. The singer was Timothy Nolen and the pianist Gordon Boelzner. Other works to the music of Ives in the City Ballet repertory include Peter Martins' ''Calcium Light Night'', George Balanchine's ''Ivesiana'' and Eliot Feld's '' The Unanswered Question''. Original cast *Maria Calegari * Stacy Caddell *Katrina Killian *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Side Story Suite
''West Side Story Suite'' is a ballet suite choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Robbins conceived, directed and choreographed the 1957 musical ''West Side Story'', then co-directed its 1961 film adaptation, before including parts of the choreography in the anthology ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway''. Robbins developed the latter to the ballet ''West Side Story Suite'' for the New York City Ballet, which premiered on May 18, 1995, at the New York State Theater. Background Jerome Robbins was credited for conceiving, directing and choreographing the 1957 Broadway musical ''West Side Story'', with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents, inspired by William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'', set in 1950s New York. In the 1961 film adaptation, he co-directed with Robert Wise. He incorporated the choreography to the 1989 anthology ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'', which is slightly rechoreographed from the original musical. Production In the 1970s, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Suite Of Dances
''A Suite of Dances'' is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites. The ballet was created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and premiered on March 3, 1994, at the New York State Theater. Production Jerome Robbins had earlier attempted to choreograph Bach's Cello Suites with dancers Victor Castelli and Peter Boal, although the project was abandoned. He used the music for ''A Suite of Dances'' with Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was in his 40s, as the sole dancer instead. As Baryshnikov was touring and Robbins was staging his works in Paris and St. Petersburg, ''A Suite of Dances'' was made over the course of two years, and according to Robbins, most of the choreography was made without Baryshnikov's presence, before the ballet, a 16-minutes-long solo, premiered at a performance of the White Oak Dance Project, Baryshnikov's company, with Wendy Sutter on the cello. Music The ballet uses the following music from Bach's Cello Suites: *Prelude from Suite No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dances At A Gathering
''Dances at a Gathering'' is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to music by Frédéric Chopin, with costumes designed by Joe Eula. The ballet premiered on May 22, 1969, at the New York State Theater, performed by the New York City Ballet. Production ''Dances at a Gathering'' is the first ballet Robbins created for the New York City Ballet (NYCB) in years, after he worked on Broadway theatre. He first planned to make a pas de deux for Patricia McBride and Edward Villella, but it was eventually expanded to five couples. According to NYCB, after George Balanchine saw 25 minutes of the ballet, he said: " ke more, make it like popcorn", so Robbins enlarged the ballet to an hour long. With costumes by Joe Eula and lighting by Thomas Skelton, the ballet had a gala preview on May 8, 1969, before premiering on May 22. Robbins dedicated the ballet to lighting designer Jean Rosenthal, who had died on May 1. Following the premiere, there were many speculations regarding the narrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fancy Free (ballet)
''Fancy Free'' is a ballet composed in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein. The Ballet Theatre premiered the ballet with choreography by Jerome Robbins, scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love, and lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place on Tuesday, 18 April 1944 at the old Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The New York City Ballet premiere took place on Thursday, 31 January 1980. ''Fancy Free'' provided the basis for the later musical, '' On the Town''. A portion of the score was also used in the opening scenes of Alfred Hitchcock's ''Rear Window''. Synopsis The scene is a bar and the outside sidewalk in New York City, in wartime. Three sailors on liberty boisterously arrive, have a drink (two of their number conning the third into paying), and head outside looking for female companionship. A beautiful girl passes by and the three sailors vie for her attention. She demurs and escapes, pursued by two of the sailors. The Third, having been left in the dust, encount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
