Wheeldon’s Plans Announced
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Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s dance company, Morphoses, will begin its inaugural season with performances at three venues, including the New York City Center. Each venue has committed to three-year engagements, the company announced yesterday. Mr. Wheeldon, who previously danced with New York City Ballet and who served as its resident choreographer until 2006, will choreograph two new works for his company’s season, which will open with performances at the Vail International Dance Festival in Colorado on August 8, and then move to the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, before coming to City Center on October 17.
Morphoses’s executive director, Lourdes Lopez, is a former NYCB principal dancer who previously served as the executive director of the George Balanchine Foundation. The repertory of Morphoses, which is scheduled to feature guest artists from NYCB, San Francisco Ballet, and the London’s Royal Ballet, will including existing works by Mr. Wheeldon, including “Polyphonia,” “After the Rain,” “There Where She Loved,” and “Morphoses.” It will also feature ballets by William Forsythe, George Balanchine, and NYCB dancer Edwaard Liang, who will create a new work for the company’s season.
Mr. Wheeldon’s new ballets, both of which will have their premieres in London, will be a pas de deux to music by Sergei Prokofiev and a larger piece set to “The Dying Swan,” as reinterpreted by contemporary composer Jody Talbot. Both of his works will feature costumes by fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez, who will also collaborate with Mr. Wheeldon on set design.