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

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/arts/dance/23kings-extra.html NY TImes review by John Rockwell, February 23, 2006]

* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0610,jowitt,72407,14.html Village Voice review by Deborah Jowitt, March 3, 2006]

* [http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_06/feb06/ab_rev_kings_of_the_0206.htm Ballet.co Magazine review by Anjuli Bai, February 2006]