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Balanchine: The City Center Years (Program V)

Program VI of “Balanchine: The City Center Years” at New York City Center.

The festival closed this afternoon with four stunning performances.

Hometown favorite American Ballet Theatre put on an amazing presentation of Symphonie Concertante. Devon Teuscher was so beautiful in her lead role, as were Christine Shevchenko and Thomas Forster. Wonderful to see how much Cate Hurlin and Katie Williams have grown and blossomed (and of course been promoted) in the 3 years since I moved to NYC and started attending ABT performances regularly.

The other programs today include repeats (but gorgeous ones!) of the Four Temperaments by Joffrey Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Sae Eun Park and Hugo Marchand, of Ballet Opera de Paris, and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux by Victoria Tereshkina and Kimin Kim.

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Balanchine: The City Center Years (Program III)

Program III of “Balanchine: The City Center Years” at New York City Center.

Kimin Kim continued to own the spotlight with his incredible jumps in “Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux,” earning an applause from the audience every time he leaves the floor.

Tonight’s program also featured the colorful “Scotch Symphony” by San Francisco Ballet. A graceful and beautiful “Divertissement Pas de Duex” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Sae Eun Park and Hugo Marchand of Ballet Opera de Paris. The technical and precise “the Four Temperaments” by Joffrey Ballet. I especially enjoyed Christine Rocas and Dylan Gutierrez in the second variation, Sanguinic.