Mercurial Manoeuvres
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Mercurial Manoeuvres is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...

's first Artist in Residence Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon is an international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Born in Somerset, England, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dancer at the age of 8. He attended the Royal Ballet School between the ages of 11 and 18...

 to Shostakovich's
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....

 Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 1 refers to the first piano concerto published by one of a number of composers :...

in C minor, op. 35 for City Ballet's Diamond Project. The premiere took place on Friday, April 28th, 2000, at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...

 with costumes by Carole Divet and lighting by Mark Stanley.

original

  • Miranda Weese
  • Elena Diner
  • Aubrey Morgan

  • Jock Soto
    Jock Soto
    Jock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....

  • Edwaard Liang
    Edwaard Liang
    Edwaard Liang is a Tawanese-American dancer and choreographer. He grew up in Marin County, California.-Training:He began dance training at the age of five at Marin Ballet. In 1989, Liang entered the School of American Ballet....



2009 Winter tour to Kennedy Center 

  • Tiler Peck
  • Kathryn Morgan
  • Stephanie Zungre

  • Tyler Angle
  • Gonzalo Garcia


first cast

  • Abi Stafford
  • Kathryn Morgan
  • Erica Pereira

  • Tyler Angle
  • Gonzalo Garcia


second cast

  • Tiler Peck
  • Alina Dronova
  • Stephanie Zungre

  • Adrian Danchig-Waring
  • Joaquín De Luz
    Joaquin de Luz
    Joaquín De Luz formerly with the American Ballet Theater , is currently a Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet .-Background:...



2009 Saratoga Springs 

  • Tiler Peck
  • Kathryn Morgan
  • Erica Pereira

  • Adrian Danchig-Waring
  • Gonzalo Garcia


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