American Ballet Theatre’s Ratmansky Festival is the centerpiece of the company’s spring season at Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan Opera House. Since festivals and celebrations usually come later in a choreographer’s career, it provides an unusual opportunity to see how ABT has adapted to and absorbed Alexei Ratmansky’s approach since he became artist in residence seven years […]
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. A rehearsal viewing can be daunting for any young choreographer. But when the person watching you work is Alexei Ratmansky, one of the world’s greatest living choreographers, it could easily be overwhelming. “We had a five-hour rehearsal, and he sat on the marley and […]
Congratulations to choreographers Alexei Ratmansky and Kyle Abraham! Both have been named 2013 MacArthur Fellows, an honor that earns them a $625,000 “genius” grant—and entry into a very exclusive club, which includes the likes of Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Trisha Brown, Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp, Bill T. Jones and Arthur Mitchell. The ballet world […]
Sometimes it seems like Alexei Ratmansky is remaking the classical canon, one ballet at a time. He restaged Le Corsaire and Flames of Paris back when he was director of the Bolshoi. Dutch National Ballet premiered his take on Don Quixote in 2010. He gave The National Ballet of Canada a new Romeo and Juliet […]
This year marks Alexei Ratmansky‘s 10th anniversary as artist in residence of American Ballet Theatre. American Ballet Theatre on Instagram: “BY FAR one of Alexei’s most challenging and spectacular creations on us yet! ‘THE SEASONS’ makes its WORLD PREMIERE MONDAY and CLOSES…” The company will honor the dancemaker throughout its spring Metropolitan Opera House season. […]
This month, Miami City Ballet presents the highly anticipated North American premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Swan Lake. Originally co-produced by Zurich Ballet and La Scala Ballet in 2016, Ratmansky’s version of the beloved classic harkens back to Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s 1895 original. This production marks the first time that MCB has performed a […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. ABT Debuts Full-Length Ballet, “Of Love and Rage” American Ballet Theatre’s newest full-length story ballet hits the stage this week. The company presents Of Love and Rage, choreographed by artist in residence Alexei Ratmansky, at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. NYCB Presents a World Premiere by Alexei Ratmansky New York City Ballet’s winter season continues this week with a world premiere by Alexei Ratmansky titled Voices. His sixth work for NYCB, the ballet is set to a selection of pieces from “Voices […]