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Justin Peck in 2016 interview about his own 2015 “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”.
The male Nocturne quintet second movement of Justin Peck’s “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”
Walking to and Fro to Eye Dance, Sky and Sculpture
Andrea Weber, center, and members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performing next to a giant metal sculpture by Richard Serra, partly visible at left, in a gallery at Dia:Beacon. Photograph: Stephanie Berger
What Audiences Haven’t Seen Before
Gennadi Nedvigin, Joan Boada and Jaime Garcia Castilla in Yuri Possokhov's "Fusion." Photograph: Erik Tomasson
On the West Coast, a Distinguished Company Avoids Showing Any Gray
Members of San Francisco Ballet in Mark Morris’s Drink to Me Only. Photograph: Erik Tomasson.
Morris Meets Amadeus: Odd, Elective Affinities
Mark Morris’s Mozart Dances. Photograph: Ken Friedman
The Attack of the Exhibits, Starring a Spooky Piano
Mark Morris’s Looky. Photograph: Michael Lutch.
In Three Visions of Balanchine, Charm, Romance and Drama
George Balanchine’s “Walpurgisnacht Ballet”
Review: Miami City Ballet in ‘Heatscape,’ a Fleeting Chase of Romance
Miami City Ballet dancers in "Heatscape," dressed in informal sleeveless white by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung. Photograph: Daniel Azoulay
A World Premiere of Pure Dance to a Familiar Score
Amar Ramasar and Sara Mearns in the world premiere of Justin Peck’s “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.
The Art Gallery as Spinning Montage
Sara Mearns and Amar Ramasar of New York City Ballet in the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" at the David H. Koch Theater. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.
So Many ‘Nutcrackers,’ So Little Time
New York City Ballet at the start of the Waltz of the Flowers. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.
Four New Works, With Three From a Different Species
Mark Morris’s “Joyride”, danced by the San Francisco Ballet. Photograph: Liz Hafalia.
Mark Morris and Purcell in King Arthur’s Court
The Mark Morris Dance Group in King Arthur. Photograph : Richard Termine.
Opening Night of a Portfolio of Premieres and Old Favorites
Members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Taylor’s Arden Court. Photograph: Michelle V. Gains.
Love’s Labors Tossed and Turned in a Survey of the Heart’s Hard Edges
Sara Mearns and Charles Askegard in George Balanchine’s “Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik
New York Loves Them? Tough!
Maria Calegari in the original cast of Brahms/Handel, jointly choreographed for New York City Ballet by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp
World Stage, Local Pride in the Pacific Northwest
Members of Pacific Northwest Ballet in Sonia Dawkins’s “Ripple Mechanics”. Photograph: Stuart Isett.