NYCB: Belles-Lettres; Mothership; American Rhapsody; and Concerto DSCH
For my final ballet outing of NYCB's spring season, I attended a 21st century choreographers program. First up was a repeat viewing of Justin Peck 's Belles-Lettres , a chamber piece (of sorts) that premiered at the 2014 Fall Gala. ( I saw it a couple of weeks later .) Featuring nine dancers, including the newly minted principal Taylor Stanley , Belles-Lettres plays with shapes and formations, and the way things look from different angles. (I can imagine Peck thinking about how the choreography looks from the orchestra as compared to how it looks from the fourth ring—a head on view compared to a bird's eye view.) It's a pretty ballet, with nice moments for each of the four couples ( Kristin Segin and Jared Angle ; Indiana Woodward and Adrian Danchig-Waring ; Brittany Pollack and Stanley; and Rebecca Krohn and Tyler Angle ), and a well-integrated creator/tinkerer in Anthony Huxley . After a brief pause was Nicolas Blanc 's first ballet for NYCB, Mot...