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Christopher Williams’ Program of Reimagined Ballets Russes Originals Comes to The Joyce

When choreographer Christopher Williams was 20, he saw Matthew Bourne’s reimagining of Swan Lake with its corps of all-male swans. The performance, he says, made him burst into tears and think, “I must do something like this someday.” Williams’ dream will be realized June 28–July 3 as The Joyce Theater hosts his program of reimagined […]

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Cemiyon Barber and Taylor Stanley pose barefoot in front of a white background. They wear matching costumes, Barber in yellow and orange and Stanley in blue and pink. Their hoop headbands and pleated skirts are identical other than the color. Their sashes with hoops cross from shoulder to hip in opposite directions, and Stanley's left ankle has a hoop anklet while Barber's is on his right. Their right hands are on their hips, slightly jutted out to the side. They incline their heads to the right looking at their outstretched winged left feet. Their left arms are held loosely to the side with fingers pointing down.

Onstage

Christopher Williams’ Program of Reimagined Ballets Russes Originals Comes to The Joyce

Kyra Laubacher

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April Daly wears a white tutu and leans back onto her male partner. Her partner's arms wrap around her from behind, and her arms cross in front of her. She stands on pointe on her left leg with her right leg wrapped behind her partner.

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A large group if dancers from Dance Theatre of Harlem stand close together onstage with their legs in a wide stance facing stage left. They lift their arms up above their heads and arch slightly back in reaction to the dancer coming towards them. A female dancer in a red dance dress performs as temps levé towards the group as two men lift her by the waist. The dancers wear multi-colored costumes and perform in front of a red backdrop.

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Rebecca Stewart, wearing a burgundy leotard and tutu, and pink tights and point shoes, poses in a croise arabesque on pointe while her partner, a teenage boy, holds onto her waist from behind. The boy dancer wears a gray t-shirt and tights, and white socks and ballet slippers. They dance in a large ballet studio and both smile towards the camera.

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Tiit Helemits and his daughter Chloe pose backstage before a performance. Tiit, who is wearing a gray tunic with blue trim and gray tights, kneels down next to his daughter, who wears a bright red dress with black spaghetti straps and black tights. They smile for the camera. Behind them, two dancers in multicolored costumes chat.

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Alexandra Martin, wearing a white leotard, pink tights and pink pointe shoes, is shown holding on to a window with her right hand. She lifts her left leg behind her head in a long attitude with her left hand and looks out the window.

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