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Morphoses is a ballet company, co-founded in 2007 by Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez. Morphoses is a guest resident company at the New York City Center and at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company until February 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving the company.
Productions
City Center, October 1–5, 2008
program one, October 1–3
Polyphonia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
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Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
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Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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Six Fold Illuminate
- Emily Molnar's choreography
- Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Pierre Lavoie
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*Edwaard Liang
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program two, October 4–5
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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One
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography
- Jacob Ter Vedhuis' music
- costumes by Benjamin Briones
- lighting by Lopez Ochoa
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Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
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Shutters Shut
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León
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Fools’ Paradise
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- music by Joby Talbot, adapted for string orchestra from his score for the British Film Institute's release of silent film The Dying Swan
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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Guggenheim Museum, March 8–9, 2009
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Fall for Dance, September–October 2009
Softly as I Leave You
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City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009
program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
- accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
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Bolero
- Alexei Ratmansky’s choreography
- Ravel's music
new Harbour ballet
- Tim Harbour’s choreography
- Edwards' music
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
- all piano program
Continuum
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
new Wheeldon ballet
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
- ^ New York City premiere
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
- ^ US premiere
Dancers
2008 New York City Center
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notes
2009 Fall for Dance
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2009 New York City Center
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Reviews
- ^ NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- ^ Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- NY Times review by Gia Kourlas, October 30, 2009
- NY Post review by Leigh Witchel, October 30, 2009
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, November 10, 2009
- Sulcas, Roslyn, 2009, "New Troupe Faces a Hard Reality," International Herald Tribune, October 24–25, pp. 15 & 19.
Footnotes
- "History". Morphoses. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010
- Wonderland., Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer (expression) Talbot, Joby, composer (expression) Crowley, Bob, set designer. Mason, Monica, director. MacFarlane, Oliver, producer. Haswell, Jonathan, film director. Cuthbertson, Lauren, 1984- dancer. Polunin, Sergei, dancer. Watson, Edward, 1976- dancer. Yanowsky, Zenaida, dancer. Saunders, Christopher, dancer. McRae, Steven, dancer. Underwood, Eric (Dancer) Beale, Simon Russell, dancer. Cervera, Ricardo, dancer. McNally, Kristen, dancer. Trzensimiech, Dawid, dancer. Wordsworth, Barry, conductor. Austin, Christopher, composer (expression) Wright, Nicholas, 1940- screenwriter. Katz, Natasha, lighting designer. Eveleigh, Steve, film editor. Ballet adaptation of (work): Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in, Alice's adventures in Wonderland, OCLC 905607974, retrieved June 16, 2022
{{citation}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Cameron, Penny (1999). A twist in the tale : five short stories. Pearson Education. ISBN 0-582-41816-X. OCLC 754874523.
- Lavoie, Jean-Pierre (April 22, 2011), "[PARTIE 4 Introduction]", Vieillir au pluriel, Presses de l'Université du Québec, pp. 385–392, doi:10.2307/j.ctv18ph6h8.26, retrieved June 16, 2022
- Cook, Nicholas (July 24, 2003), "Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky", The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky, Cambridge University Press, pp. 175–191, doi:10.1017/ccol9780521663304.010, ISBN 9780521663779, retrieved June 16, 2022
References
- Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008
External links
- Morphoses, official website
- City Center, official website
- Sadler's Wells, official website
- Vail International Dance Festival: Morphoses dancer bios
- Archival footage of Morphoses performing at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2012