River of Light
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River of Light is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster in chief Peter Martins
to eponymous music by Charles Wuorinen
commissioned in honor of his sixtieth birthday. The premiere took place June 11, 1998, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
, with costumes by Holly Hynes
and lighting by Mark Stanley; the 2008 revival was conducted by the composer and held in honor of his seventieth birthday.
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...
balletmaster in chief Peter Martins
Peter Martins
Peter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was named man of the year by Danish American Society, 1980...
to eponymous music by Charles Wuorinen
Charles Wuorinen
Charles Peter Wuorinen is a prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. His catalog of more than 250 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, chamber music, as well as solo instrumental and vocal works...
commissioned in honor of his sixtieth birthday. The premiere took place June 11, 1998, at the 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 Holly Hynes
Holly Hynes
Holly Hynes is an accomplished costume designer with over 170 ballets to her credit, including more than 60 at New York City Ballet. Ms. Hynes' designs are also on view in companies around the world, including American Ballet Theatre; National Ballet of Canada; The Kirov Ballet of St...
and lighting by Mark Stanley; the 2008 revival was conducted by the composer and held in honor of his seventieth birthday.
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- Darci KistlerDarci KistlerDarci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...
- Monique Meunier
- Alexandra AnsanelliAlexandra AnsanelliAlexandra Ansanelli was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and at The Royal Ballet, London. She trained at City Ballet's affiliated School of American Ballet before joining NYCB and in 2003 was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch"....
- Jock SotoJock SotoJock 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....
- Charles AskegardCharles AskegardCharles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...
- Sébastien Marcovici
Spring 2008
- Teresa Reichlen
- Savannah Lowery
- Sterling Hyltin
- Jared Angle
- Ask la Cour
- Robert Fairchild
Reviews
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/arts/dance/31here.html?_r=1NY Times review by Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
, May 31, 2008]
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DB1F3AF930A25755C0A96E958260NY Times review by Jennifer DunningJennifer DunningJennifer Dunning is a writer and critic for the New York Times on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet, the 1996 Alvin Ailey, a Life in Dance and the 1997 Great Performances: A...
, June 13, 1998]