List of Morphoses productions explained
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
City Center, October 1–5, 2008
program one, October 1–3
Polyphonia
[3]
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
Monotones II
Commedia
[4] [5]
Six Fold Illuminate
[7]
- Drew Jacoby
- Céline Cassone
- Edwaard Liang
- Edward Watson
- Rubinald Pronk
- Rory Hohenstein
program two, October 4–5
Commedia
[8] [9]
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
- Leanne Benjamin
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell
- Céline Cassone
- Drew Jacoby
- Rory Hohenstein
- Edwaard Liang
- Rubinald Pronk
- Edward Watson
One
[10]
Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Wendy Whelan
- Tyler Angle
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
Shutters Shut
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León
Fools’ Paradise
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Wendy Whelan
- Maria Kowroski
- Teresa Reichlen
- Tiler Peck
- Céline Cassone
- Craig Hall
- Edwaard Liang
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
- Gonzalo Garcia
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Fall for Dance, September–October 2009
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009
program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
[12] [13]
- 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
new Harbour ballet
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
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
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
Dancers
2008 New York City Center
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell
- Céline Cassone
- Christine Thomassen [15]
- Drew Jacoby
- Leanne Benjamin
- Maria Kowroski
- Teresa Reichlen
- Tiler Peck
- Wendy Whelan
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
- Andreas Heise
- Craig Hall
- Edwaard Liang
- Edward Watson
- Gonzalo Garcia
- Jason Fowler
- Rory Hohenstein
- Rubinald Pronk
- Tyler Angle
notes
2009 Fall for Dance
2009 New York City Center
Reviews
- Web site: History . Morphoses . May 4, 2010.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/arts/dance/23choreog.html NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/arts/dance/03morp.html NY Times
- New York City premiere
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/dance/bill-t-jones-adapts-a-poetic-puppet-play-christopher-wheeldon-deploys-some-jazz-age-harlequins/ Village Voice
- Book: Cameron, Penny . A twist in the tale : five short stories . 1999 . Pearson Education . 0-582-41816-X . 754874523.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/dance/bill-t-jones-adapts-a-poetic-puppet-play-christopher-wheeldon-deploys-some-jazz-age-harlequins/ Village Voice
- New York City premiere
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/dance/bill-t-jones-adapts-a-poetic-puppet-play-christopher-wheeldon-deploys-some-jazz-age-harlequins/ Village Voice
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
- guest artist
- https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/arts/dance/31morphoses.html? NY Times review
- http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/budget_minded_troupe_aims_high_Bl5zRf0DCoVUxPGALHCi8M NY Post review
- US premiere
- guest artist
- 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
- Web site: History . Morphoses . May 4, 2010.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/arts/dance/23choreog.html NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/arts/dance/03morp.html NY Times
- New York City premiere
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/dance/bill-t-jones-adapts-a-poetic-puppet-play-christopher-wheeldon-deploys-some-jazz-age-harlequins/ Village Voice
- Book: Cameron, Penny . A twist in the tale : five short stories . 1999 . Pearson Education . 0-582-41816-X . 754874523.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/dance/bill-t-jones-adapts-a-poetic-puppet-play-christopher-wheeldon-deploys-some-jazz-age-harlequins/ Village Voice
- New York City premiere
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/dance/bill-t-jones-adapts-a-poetic-puppet-play-christopher-wheeldon-deploys-some-jazz-age-harlequins/ Village Voice
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
- guest artist
- https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/arts/dance/31morphoses.html? NY Times review
- http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/budget_minded_troupe_aims_high_Bl5zRf0DCoVUxPGALHCi8M NY Post review
- US premiere
- guest artist
References
- Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008
External links