Thursday, October 8· Time TBD★ The New Yorker — Goings On (web section) · The New York Times — Dance
Oscar
“The forty-eight-piece Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays Joby Talbot’s score live.”
#3 in The New Yorker — Goings On (web section)
“Christopher Wheeldon’s “Oscar,” performed by the Australian Ballet, is constructed with skill but is disappointingly timid.”
#5 in The New York Times — Dance
A full-length narrative ballet by Christopher Wheeldon, inspired by Oscar Wilde's life and writings, including "The Nightingale and the Rose" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Features live music by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
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“A mute ballet about a master of verbal wit such as Oscar Wilde might seem an odd idea, but the appeal of the subject for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, who’s scaled the heights of ballet and Broadway, lies in the possibility of creating something all too rare: a full-len…” via The New Yorker — Goings On (web section) ↗
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