In the wake of bragging about how New York’s native ballet scene has been greatly enriched by the regular presence of Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses and Alexei Ratmansky signing with ABT, I’m now going to sing the praises of visiting company San Francisco Ballet. This troupe, which makes too few trips to New York, is at City Center through Oct 18. Increasingly, the company is becoming a paradigm – commissioning vital new work, mounting classics, and developing excellent technical standards and charismatic artists.
SFB brings three programs that show the breadth of its repertory and the depth of the company’s technique. Helgi Tomasson, the artistic director now in his 20th year, contributes a few works in his post-Balanchine style, lyrical, athletic, with some familiar motifs (flexed wrists, off-kilter stances). read more
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