List of Morphoses productions
Morphoses is a ballet company, co-founded in 2007 by Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez. Morphoses is a guest resident company at the New York City Center and at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company until February 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving the company.
Productions
City Center, October 1–5, 2008
program one, October 1–3
Polyphonia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
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Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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Six Fold Illuminate
- Emily Molnar's choreography
- Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Pierre Lavoie
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*Edwaard Liang
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program two, October 4–5
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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One
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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography
- Jacob Ter Vedhuis' music
- costumes by Benjamin Briones
- lighting by Lopez Ochoa
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Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
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Shutters Shut
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León
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Fools’ Paradise
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- music by Joby Talbot, adapted for string orchestra from his score for the British Film Institute's release of silent film The Dying Swan
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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Guggenheim Museum, March 8–9, 2009
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Fall for Dance, September–October 2009
Softly as I Leave You
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City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009
program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
- accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
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Bolero
- Alexei Ratmansky’s choreography
- Ravel's music
new Harbour ballet
- Tim Harbour’s choreography
- Edwards' music
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
- all piano program
Continuum
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
new Wheeldon ballet
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
- New York City premiere
- Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
- US premiere
Dancers
2008 New York City Center
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notes
- guest artist
2009 Fall for Dance
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2009 New York City Center
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Reviews
- NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
- NY Times review by Gia Kourlas, October 30, 2009
- NY Post review by Leigh Witchel, October 30, 2009
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, November 10, 2009
- Sulcas, Roslyn, 2009, "New Troupe Faces a Hard Reality," International Herald Tribune, October 24–25, pp. 15 & 19.