While works of talented choreographers whose heritage is in modern dance pop up in parks, churches, lofts, barns, and theater like mushrooms after a good storm, gifted new choreographers working in the ballet idiom are rarer and therefore get a lot more attention. Remember the fuss surrounding Eliot Feld when he began choreographing in 1967 while still performing in American Ballet Theatre? Remember the excitement aroused by Christopher Wheeldon’s debut? Or Benjamin Millepied’s first ballets? These days, ballet companies commission … [Read more...]
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