Kings of the Dance

Kings of the Dance was a four night dance extravaganza starring:

Angel Corella, American Ballet Theatre Ethan Stiefel, American Ballet Theatre

Johan Kobborg, The Royal Ballet, London Nikolay Tsiskaridze, The Bolshoi Ballet

And guest stars:

Alina Cojocaru, The Royal Ballet, London

Gudrun Bojesen, The Royal Danish Ballet

Kings of the Dance had its premiere February 23, 2006 at New York City Center.

The program consisted of:

• Flemming Flindt’s The Lesson (La Leçon) (1963) to music by Georges Delerue
• Christopher Wheeldon's FOR 4 (pièce d'occasion) (2006) to Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden

New York premiere solos:

• Afternoon of a Faun, (Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune) made by Tim Rushton on Johan Kobborg to the music of Claude Debussy
• Wavemaker, made by Nils Christe on Ethan Stiefel to music by John Adams
• We Got It Good, made by Stanton Welch on Angel Corella to music by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
• Carmen, made by Roland Petit to the music of George Bizet, danced by Nikolay Tsiskaridze

Reviews

NY TImes, John Rockwell, February 23, 2006

Village Voice, Deborah Jowitt, March 3, 2006 Ballet.co Magazine, Anjuli Bai, February 2006