List of Morphoses productions

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.^[1] It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, until February, 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving Morphoses.^[2]

Productions

City Center, October 1–5, 2008

program one, October 1–3

Polyphonia

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• • Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
  • Ligeti's eponymous music
  • costumes by Holly Hynes
  • lighting by Mark Stanley

Wendy Whelan Tiler Peck Beatriz Stix-Brunell Teresa Reichlen

Tyler Angle Gonzalo Garcia Craig Hall Jason Fowler

Monotones II

• • Frederick Ashton’s choreography
  • Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
  • costumes and lighting by Ashton

Maria Kowroski

Rubinald Pronk Edward Watson

Commedia

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• • Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
  • Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
  • costumes by Isabel Toledo
  • sets by Ruben Toledo
  • lighting by Penny Jacobus

Leanne Benjamin Beatriz Stix-Brunell Céline Cassone Drew Jacoby

Rory Hohenstein Edwaard Liang Rubinald Pronk Edward Watson

Six Fold Illuminate

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• • Emily Molnar's choreography
  • Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
  • costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
  • lighting by Pierre Lavoie

Drew Jacoby Céline Cassone

Edwaard Liang Edward Watson Rubinald Pronk Rory Hohenstein

program two, October 4–5

Commedia

^{[Programs 1] [Review 1] [Review 3]}

• • Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
  • Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
  • costumes by Isabel Toledo
  • sets by Ruben Toledo
  • lighting by Penny Jacobus

Leanne Benjamin Beatriz Stix-Brunell Céline Cassone Drew Jacoby

Rory Hohenstein Edwaard Liang Rubinald Pronk Edward Watson

One

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• Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography
  • Ter Vedhuis' music
  • costumes by Benjamin Briones
  • lighting by Lopez Ochoa

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

Monotones II

• • Frederick Ashton’s choreography
  • Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
  • costumes and lighting by Ashton

Wendy Whelan

Tyler Angle Adrian Danchig-Waring

Shutters Shut

• • Lightfoot León's choreography
  • text by Gertrude Stein
  • costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León

Christine Thomassen [2008, 1]

Andreas Heise [2008, 1]

Fools’ Paradise

• Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
  • Saint-Saëns' The Dying Swan
  • orchestrated by Joby Talbot
  • costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
  • lighting by Penny Jacobus

Wendy Whelan Maria Kowroski Teresa Reichlen Tiler Peck Céline Cassone

Craig Hall Edwaard Liang Adrian Danchig-Waring Gonzalo Garcia

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

• • Lightfoot León’s choreography
  • Pärt's and Bach's music

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009

program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31

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• • 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's and Bach's music

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

Bolero

• • Alexei Ratmansky’s choreography
  • Ravel's music

new Harbour ballet

• • Tim Harbour’s choreography ^{[Programs 3]}
  • 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's and Bach's music

new Wheeldon ballet

• • Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography ^{[Programs 3]}
  • Rachmaninoff's music

notes

1. New York City premiere
2. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
3. US premiere

Dancers

2008 New York City Center

Beatriz Stix-Brunell Céline Cassone Christine Thomassen [2008, 1] Drew Jacoby Leanne Benjamin Maria Kowroski Teresa Reichlen Tiler Peck Wendy Whelan

Adrian Danchig-Waring Andreas Heise [2008, 1] Craig Hall Edwaard Liang Edward Watson Gonzalo Garcia Jason Fowler Rory Hohenstein Rubinald Pronk Tyler Angle

notes

1. guest artist

2009 Fall for Dance

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

2009 New York City Center

Carrie Lee Riggins Danielle Rowe Drew Jacoby Gabrielle Lamb Melissa Barak Rachel Sherak Wendy Whelan

Andrew Crawford Edwaard Liang Juan Pablo Ledo Lucas Segovia Matthew Prescott Rory Hohenstein Rubinald Pronk Ty Gurfein

Reviews

1. NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
2. Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
3. Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
4. NY Times review by Gia Kourlas, October 30, 2009
5. 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

1. "History". Morphoses. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
2. NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010

References

• Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008

External links

• Morphoses, official website
• City Center, official website
• Sadler's Wells, official website
  • Morphoses on the Sadler's Wells website
• Vail International Dance Festival: Morphoses dancer bios
• Archival footage of Morphoses performing at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2012