Giannandrea Poesio

Letting down Mr B.

<strong>New York City Ballet</strong><br /> <em>London Coliseum</em>

issue 29 March 2008

New York City Ballet
London Coliseum

Despite the hype with which it was heralded, and an undeniably interesting programme of delectable choreographic offerings, the New York City Ballet season at the London Coliseum has not lived up to expectations. Last week I expressed my reservations about the second programme on offer, the one celebrating the artistic genius of Jerome Robbins; I now find myself in the unenviable position of expressing similar and even more serious reservations about the other two programmes I saw, the Essential Balanchine, and Four Voices: Wheeldon, Martins, Bigonzetti and Ratmansky, which is dedicated to four new dance-makers.

Keeping up with tradition and with a historically well-established reputation is not an easy task for any dance company that has grown and thrived thanks to the enlightened vision of a great master.

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