Plainspoken

Plainspoken is a ballet made by principal dancer Benjamin Millepied on the Chamber Ensemble of New York City Ballet to eponymous music^[1] commissioned from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang. The premiere took place on Friday, August 6, 2010, at the Center for the Arts,^[2] Jackson Hole, Wyoming; the NYCB premiere took place at the Fall gala on Thursday, October 7, at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center. Costumes were designed by Karen Young.

Casts

Original

Sterling Hyltin
Teresa Reichlen
Jennie Somogyi
Janie Taylor
Tyler Angle
Amar Ramasar
Sébastien Marcovici
Jared Angle

Footnotes

Reviews

NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, October 9, 2010
Wall Street Journal by Robert Greskovic, October 14, 2010
NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 17, 2010

Articles

NY Times by Chelsea Zalopany, October 8, 2010

External links

NYCB websiste

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