by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
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...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
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...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Is ballet’s post-Balanchine choreography rut finally over? Roslyn Sulcas, a contributor to Pointe, argues today in The New York Times that it is. She points out that works by Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky and Wayne McGregor offer a completely new way of...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Channel THIRTEEN’s “NYC-ARTS” program will feature a segment on Alexei Ratmansky tonight at 8 pm—but you can see it here first. Their cameras went into the studio with American Ballet Theatre’s resident choreographer during rehearsals for his new...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Career, Everything "Nutcracker"
James Whiteside was a Nutcracker Cavalier many, many times during his 10 years at Boston Ballet. But now that he’s a soloist at American Ballet Theatre, he’s tackling the very different Prince role in Alexei Ratmansky’s Nutcracker. Pointe’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Alexei Ratmansky and American Ballet Theatre are a match made in ballet heaven. The artist in residence has a 10-year contract with ABT, and has choreographed abstract and narrative ballets for the company such as The Bright Stream, The Nutcracker and Firebird. At the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
By Miami City Ballet’s Leigh-Ann Esty Spending the last two weeks dancing for Alexei Ratmansky has been an absolute joy. The first movement of his new 35-minute ballet, Symphonic Dances–with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff–is finished. Even...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
By Miami City Ballet’s Sara Esty The mood is a little tense as Alexei Ratmansky peeks in the window during our warm-up barre. The dancers exchange smiles, as if to agree silently to our excitement. After class, we are all introduced to Mr....