Innovations Past and Present
The American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season opened at the Koch Theater with a program called “Innovation Past and Present,” which featured two world premieres and a company staple.
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The American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season opened at the Koch Theater with a program called “Innovation Past and Present,” which featured two world premieres and a company staple. The first debut was by former ABT dancer Gemma Bond, the second was by in-demand choreographer Kyle Abraham, founder and artistic director of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. Bond’s geometric updating of a Ballets Russes narrative classic was worlds away from Abraham’s cold electronica. And the closer was Harald Lander’s classroom behemoth “Études,” which added yet more styles of ballet to the night. This wasn’t my favorite trio of works, but it was an impressively varied bill. Unusually, the whole was more satisfying than the parts.
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