Tag Archives: Chase Finlay

Romanticism, Balanchine Style: Two Tchaikovsky Triple-Bills at New York City Ballet

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Ryan Wenzel

Serenade, the first ballet George Balanchine made in America, is different every time I see it. It’s a shape-shifter, not only because its geometry is constantly in flux but also because it combines styles. At one performance, I might focus … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, New York City Ballet | Tagged Allegro Brillante, Anthony Huxley, Ashley Bouder, Ask Le Cour, Élégie, Ballet Imperial, Chase Finlay, Dark Angel, George Balanchine, Giselle, Lev Ivanov, Maria Kowroski, Marius Petipa, Megan LeCrone, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Russian Girl, Sara Mearns, Serenade, Sterling Hyltin, Suzanne Farrell, Swan Lake, Teresa Reichlen, Tiler Peck, Tschaikovsky Celebration, Tschakovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, Tschakovsky Suite No. 3, Von Rothbart, Waltz Girl, Wilis | 1 Comment

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

This was only my second year watching dance, but it was a productive and deeply satisfying one: I’ve logged 112 performances (with three more scheduled) and have watched more than a few dance films. Here, in my last post of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, BAM, Contemporary Dance, Film, George Balanchine, Joyce Theater, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York Live Arts, Postmodern Dance | Tagged 3D dance documentary, 92nd Street Y, Agon, Alina Cojocaru, American Balle, Apollo, Balanchine Black & White Week, ballet, Beijing, Black Swan, Café Müller, Chase Finlay, Concerto Barocco, Coppélia, CRWDSPCR, Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group, Cunningham RUGs, Darren Aronofsky, Duets, Eiko & Koma, Episodes, Fall for Dance, Festival Dance, flamenco, George Balanchine, Girl Talk, Girl Walk // All Day, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Hummel, Joan Acocella, Joe's Pub, Kontakthof, Le Sacre du Printemps, Legacy Tour, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Theater, Maple Leaf Rag, Mariinsky Ballet, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, Martha Graham, Martha@...The 1963 Interview, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera House, modern dance, Mostly Mozart Festival, Natalia Osipova, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York Live Arts, Noche Flamenca, Ohad Naharin, Out of Doors Festival, Paul Milstein Pool, Pina, Pina in 3D, Pond Way, postmodern dance, Richard Alston, Richard Alston Dance Company, Richard Move, Robert Wilson, Rose Adagio, Roughcut, Royal Ballet of London, Royal Danish Ballet, Snow on the Mesa, Soledad Barrio, Square Dance, Steve Reichless, subway pole dance, tanztheater, Tanztheater Wuppertal, The Four Temperaments, The Sleeping Beauty, Three to Max, Trisha Brown, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Vollmond, Water, Wim Wenders | 4 Comments

The Five Best Performances of Fall for Dance 2011

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

Fall for Dance is a true treasure. Where else can you see 20 works in a span of 10 days, danced by companies from America, England, France, China, Cuba, Belgium, and Australia? (And for $10 per ticket, no less.) This … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Mark Morris, Modern Dance, New York City Ballet, New York City Center | Tagged All Fours, Amar Ramasar, Anneli Binder, Béla Bartók, Brittany Pollack, Chase Finlay, Christpher Wheeldon, City Center, Fall for Dance, Fall for Dance Festival, George Balanchine, Gyorgy Ligeti, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Lauren Lovette, Lee Serle, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Group, Nathan Goodman, Neal Basley, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, NYCB, Ohad Naharin, Polyphonia, Richard Alston, Richard Alston Dance Company, Rogues, Sara Mearns, Steve Reich, Tiler Peck, Trisha Brown, Tyler Angle, Wendy Whelan | 3 Comments

Robert Fairchild & Chase Finlay: A Tale of Two Apollos at New York City Ballet

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

Two competing qualities define the title character of George Balanchine’s Apollo: youthfulness and godliness. The ballet is a portrait of a mighty Olympian — the master of light, the sun, and the arts — but it’s an early chapter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet | Tagged Apollo, Apollon Musagète, Balachine, Ballets Russes, Chase Finlay, George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Lincoln Center, neoclassical ballet, New York City Ballet, Polyhymnia, Robert Fairchild, Serge Diaghilev, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck | 3 Comments

Chase Finlay: New York City Ballet’s Newest Apollo

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

Apollo is, for many reasons, one of George Balanchine’s most important ballets. For starters, it’s the oldest one that survives, dating from 1928, when a 24-year-old Balanchine was working in Paris for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. (Shockingly, it is also his … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, New York City Ballet | Tagged Ana Sophia Scheller, Apollo, ballet, Ballets Russes, Chase Finlay, David Koch Theater, George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Lincoln Center, Nancy Goldner, neoclassical ballet, New York City Ballet, Peter Martins, Robert Fairchild, Serge Diaghilev, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Chase Finlay

Romanticism, Balanchine Style: Two Tchaikovsky Triple-Bills at New York City Ballet

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

The Five Best Performances of Fall for Dance 2011

Robert Fairchild & Chase Finlay: A Tale of Two Apollos at New York City Ballet

Chase Finlay: New York City Ballet’s Newest Apollo

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