What do you get when you mix a set design by guerilla street artist Shepard Fairey, a piano concerto from 1925 written by Bohuslav Martinů, and choreography by Justin Peck? The answer: Heatscape, a ballet that is boldly fresh and energetic. http://youtu.be/edLZ67S0G5I Lourdes Lopez, Artistic Director of the Miami City Ballet, commissioned Peck to do…
If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes before a ballet is performed on stage I would highly recommend an evening of Works & Process at the Guggenheim. Last night the New York City Ballet presented excerpts from an upcoming new ballet Everywhere We Go. It is choreographed by Justin Peck and performed to music written by Sufjan Stevens. Also…
The Guggenheim commissioned choreographer Emery LeCrone to create a new work for its Works & Process program. She choreographed two completely different pieces to the same piece of music, J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C Minor. The first piece was a classical ballet performed in simple, elegant costumes and the second was modern dance…
You are seated in the First Ring, looking down at the stage. The dancers casually walk in and begin warming up. The ballet masters enter. They take their seats and the work begins. You are about to see a working rehearsal of the New York City Ballet. It is humbling to see what the human…
