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 the company.[2]
Productions
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
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
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Shutters Shut
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León
Fools’ Paradise
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- music by Joby Talbot, adapted for string orchestra from his score for the British Film Institute's release of silent film The Dying Swan
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Softly as I Leave You
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 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 and Bach's music
new Wheeldon ballet
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography [Programs 3]
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
- New York City premiere
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
- US premiere
Dancers
2008 New York City Center
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- guest artist
2009 Fall for Dance
2009 New York City Center
Reviews
- NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- 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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