- Albert Evans (dancer)
Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native
Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to theSchool of American Ballet in1986 . He joinedNew York City Ballet 'scorps de ballet in1988 and was immediately given leading roles inWilliam Forsythe 's "Behind The China Dogs " andEliot Feld 's "The Unanswered Question " at City Ballet's American Music Festival. He was promoted to soloist in1991 and to principal in1995 .Roles
Evans has originated or danced featured roles in:
George Balanchine *Agon
*Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
*Concerto Barocco
*Cortège Hongrois
*Danses Concertantes
*Episodes
*The Four Temperaments
*The Nutcracker "Cavalier"
*A Midsummer Night's Dream "Puck"
*Monumentum pro Gesualdo
*Movements for Piano and Orchestra
*Stravinsky Violin Concerto
*Symphony in C
*Symphony in Three Movements
*Union Jack
*Western Symphony
*Who Cares?Jerome Robbins *
Gershwin Concerto
*The Goldberg VariationsPeter Martins *Ash
*Ecstatic Orange
*Fearful Symmetries
*Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements)
*Jeu de Cartes
*Les Gentilhommes
*Jeu de Cartes
*Reliquary
*The Sleeping Beauty "Puss in Boots"
*Slonimsky's Earbox
*Swan Lake "Von Rotbart, Hungarian," and "Russian"
*Todo Buenos Aires Christopher Wheeldon *Klavier
*Liturgy
*Polyphonia Kevin O'Day *
Open Strings
*Swerve Poems Ulysses Dove *
Red Angels
*TwilightMiriam Mahdaviani *
Appalachia Waltz
*Correlazione John Alleyne *
The New Blondes Christopher d'Amboise *
Circle Of Fifths Garth Fagan *"Ellington Elation" from
Duke! Eliot Feld *The Unanswered Question
= William Forsythe =*
Behind The China Dogs Robert La Fosse *
Concerto In Five Movements Trey McIntyre *
Steel and Rain David Parsons Alexei Ratmansky *
Russian Seasons Susan Stroman *"Makin' Whoopee!" (Joe Doherty) from Double Feature
Twyla Tharp *
The Beethoven Seventh External links
* [http://www.nycballet.com New York City Ballet home page]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2D9153BF935A2575BC0A961948260&scp=4&sq=%22albert+evans%22+new+york+city+ballet&st=nyt NY Times article by
Jennifer Dunning , August 16, 1987]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DC153DF93BA35755C0A961948260&scp=6&sq=%22albert+evans%22+new+york+city+ballet&st=nyt NY Times article by
Anna Kisselgoff , June 8, 1987]* [http://www.criticaldance.com/reviews/2003/NYCB20030620.html "Critical Dance" review by Kate Snedeker, June 20, 2003]
* [http://balanchine.org/balanchine/05/archive/2003nypl.html
George Balanchine Foundation press release, August 14, 2003]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/arts/dance/19laro.html NY Times article by
Claudia La Rocco , November 19, 2006]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/arts/dance/17nycb.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , May 17, 2007]* [http://theartsetal.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/nycb-interviews-albert-evans/ "The Arts et al" interview, November 12, 2007]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/arts/dance/12ball.html?scp=3&sq=%22albert+evans%22&st=nyt NY Times review by
Jennifer Dunning , January 12, 2008]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/arts/dance/19bala.html?scp=2&sq=%22albert+evans%22&st=nyt NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , January 19, 2008]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/arts/dance/28spri.html?scp=1&sq=%22albert+evans%22&st=nyt NY Times review by
Jennifer Dunning , January 28, 2008]
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