List of Morphoses productions
Morphoses is a ballet company co-founded in 2007 by Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez. Morphoses is a guest resident company at the New York City Center and at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.[1] It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, until February, 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving Morphoses.[2]
Productions
City Center, October 1–5, 2008
program one, October 1–3
Polyphonia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Commedia
[Programs 1] [Review 1] [Review 2]
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
Six Fold Illuminate
- Emily Molnar's choreography
- Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Pierre Lavoie
program two, October 4–5
Commedia
[Programs 1] [Review 1] [Review 3]
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
One
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography
- Ter Vedhuis' music
- costumes by Benjamin Briones
- lighting by Lopez Ochoa
Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Shutters Shut
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León
Fools’ Paradise
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Saint-Saëns' The Dying Swan
- orchestrated by Joby Talbot
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
Guggenheim Museum, March 8–9, 2009
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Fall for Dance, September–October 2009
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt's and Bach's music
City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009
program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
- accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- Pärt's and Bach's music
Bolero
- Alexei Ratmansky’s choreography
- Ravel's music
new Harbour ballet
- Tim Harbour’s choreography [Programs 3]
- Edwards' music
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
- all piano program
Continuum
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt's and Bach's music
new Wheeldon ballet
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography [Programs 3]
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
Dancers
2008 New York City Center
notes
2009 Fall for Dance
2009 New York City Center
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Reviews
- 1 2 3 4 NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
- ↑ Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- 1 2 Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- ↑ NY Times review by Gia Kourlas, October 30, 2009
- ↑ NY Post review by Leigh Witchel, October 30, 2009
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, November 10, 2009
- Sulcas, Roslyn, 2009, "New Troupe Faces a Hard Reality," International Herald Tribune, October 24–25, pp. 15 & 19.
Footnotes
- ↑ "History". Morphoses. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ↑ NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010
References
- Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008
External links
- Morphoses, official website
- City Center, official website
- Sadler's Wells, official website
- Vail International Dance Festival: Morphoses dancer bios
- Archival footage of Morphoses performing at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2012
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