All Balanchine, All Divine

Latest ballet.co review, of City Ballet's All Balanchine program.

It's hard to imagine two more divine ballets sharing a bill than Liebeslieder Walzer and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2.

Jennie Somogyi and Justin Peck

"There are places in Liebeslieder where the sense of nostalgia, especially in this couple, can become overwhelming, and I'm not ashamed to admit the tears started welling up and didn't stop for the rest of this extraordinary ballet."

Ashley Bouder and Jonathan Stafford

"Embodying as she does the the diamondiferous manner of an old-school ballerina, Bouder takes 'ballet-russing' to a level of artistry far beyond its original, somewhat derisive, usage. In other words, she's right at home in PC No 2's ballerina-worshiping paradigm (remember, it was born as Ballet Imperial)."


Amazingly enough, I actually got this written in a more-or-less timely manner, and with only a modicum of embarrassing typos.

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