Octet (Martins)

For the ballet by Willam Christensen, see Octet (Christensen).

Octet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat major (1825). The premiere took place November 14, 2003 at the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was November 23, 2004, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

Original casts

Royal Danish Ballet

Silja Schandorff
Yao Wei

Andrew Bowman
Kristoffel Sakurai

NYCB

Ashley Bouder
Darci Kistler

Benjamin Millepied
Stephen Hanna

Reviews

NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 25, 2004

Articles

NY Times, Rebecca Milzoff, August 20, 2006

External links

NYCB website

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