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NEW YORK CITY BALLET NEW YORK STATE THEATER, NEW YORK, NY JANUARY 4-FFBRUARY 27, 2005
The highlight of the first half of New York City Ballet's winter season was unquestionably Christopher Wheeldon's new After the Rain. The ballet premiered on January 22, as part of the company's annual "New Combinations Evening" celebrating George Balanchine's birthday--this year, also the night of an impressive blizzard. Those hardy audience members who braved the outing were rewarded: Wheeldon's 11th ballet for the company, set to two pieces by Arvo Part (Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel), is so full of beauty and invention that it's a shock to learn that it is only 15 minutes long.
The first section opens dramatically, with three couples (Jock Soto, Edwaard Liang, Ask la Cour, with, respectively, Wendy Whelan, Sofiane Sylve, Maria Kowroski) dressed in silvery blue-grey unitards creating a striking tableau to the opening chords. The women plunge forward over the men, then sweep their legs up high to the...
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