Momentum

Originally created for The Royal Ballet, Larina Waltz uses Tchaikovsky’s carefree melodies in a showcase for the classical talent of the London City Ballet dancers. In a waltz that pushes tradition, near constant changes lead to a climactic finale.

« While it may have come across as a series of straight forward enchaînement, Page’s exceptional musicality and deft reimagining of basic classical steps makes this a fast-paced, adrenaline inducing rush of fiendishly challenging choreography. »

Deborah Weiss, Bachtrack

The silken precision of this Black & White ballet, set to an Alexei Haieff composition in equal parts vivacious and quietly nostalgic, makes this rarely performed work a delightful nod to the reputed Balanchine style. Haieff Divertimento features a blues pas de deux and combines popular American dance idioms and modern concert dance with classic ballet.

Delicacy and technical precision are combined in Kenneth MacMillan’s virtuoso ballet, set to Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto. Inspired by watching the young Lynn Seymour warmup at the barre, Concerto remains one of Kenneth MacMillan’s most celebrated creations.

Depicting the lifecycle of a relationship, its blossoming and later fracturing love, the ballet is set to Liszt’s stirring score of the same name. One woman looks back on her first love and contemplates the life she lived. Unseen in Europe, this ballet was seminal to later work by Scarlett which audiences embraced worldwide.

« Artless gestures that flowed deftly into lifts of surprising beauty. »

Carla Escoda, Bachtrack

Like the ever-changing Wassily Kandinsky watercolors that set the stage, Pictures at an Exhibition is an Ensemble piece for 10 dancers that moves in varying combinations to display a plethora of emotion, from raw and wild to solemn and soulful.

« Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is only 10 years old but already a modern masterpiece. […] As is usual with Ratmansky, it mixes whimsical humor with drama. »

Ivy Lin, Bachtack