List of Morphoses productions
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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
[edit | edit source]City Center, October 1–5, 2008
[edit | edit source]program one, October 1–3
[edit | edit source]Polyphonia
[edit | edit source]- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
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Monotones II
[edit | edit source]- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Commedia
[edit | edit source][Programs 1][Review 1][Review 2]
- Christopher Wheeldon[3]’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus[4]
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Six Fold Illuminate
[edit | edit source]- Emily Molnar's choreography
- Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Pierre Lavoie[5]
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*Edwaard Liang
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program two, October 4–5
[edit | edit source]Commedia
[edit | edit source][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
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One
[edit | edit source]- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography
- Jacob Ter Vedhuis' music
- costumes by Benjamin Briones
- lighting by Lopez Ochoa
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Monotones II
[edit | edit source]- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
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Shutters Shut
[edit | edit source]- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León
Fools’ Paradise
[edit | edit source]- 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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Guggenheim Museum, March 8–9, 2009
[edit | edit source]Commedia
[edit | edit source]- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Fall for Dance, September–October 2009
[edit | edit source]Softly as I Leave You
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City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009
[edit | edit source]program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
[edit | edit source]- accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Commedia
[edit | edit source]- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky[6]'s music
Softly as I Leave You
[edit | edit source]- Lightfoot León's choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
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Bolero
[edit | edit source]- Alexei Ratmansky’s choreography
- Ravel's music
new Harbour ballet
[edit | edit source]- Tim Harbour’s choreography [Programs 3]
- Edwards' music
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
[edit | edit source]- all piano program
Continuum
[edit | edit source]- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's music
Softly as I Leave You
[edit | edit source]- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
new Wheeldon ballet
[edit | edit source]- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography [Programs 3]
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
[edit | edit source]Dancers
[edit | edit source]2008 New York City Center
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[edit | edit source]2009 Fall for Dance
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2009 New York City Center
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Reviews
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
- ^ Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- ^ a b 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
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- ^ NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010
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References
[edit | edit source]- Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008
External links
[edit | edit source]- 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