Miami City Ballet: Balanchine Revivified

Miami City Ballet / New York City Center / January 21-25, 2009

Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra of Miami City Ballet in Balanchine’s La Valse. Photo by Joe Gato.

At Miami City Ballet’s opening night at New York City Center–the company’s long-awaited Manhattan debut–the curtain rose on a bevy of gorgeous, long-limbed young women in rakish pony tails and plain white leotards, reaching into space in a diagonal line that stretched cross-stage. The line then undulated, wave-like, in perfect formation, as if an electric impulse were coursing through it. This striking image, from Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements made the choreography look born again.
The full article appeared in Voice of Dance (http://www.voiceofdance.org) on January 30, 2009. To read it, click here.