''Slice to Sharp'' is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's

Diamond Project The Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers. Choreographers 1992 * David Allan * John Alley ...

Jorma Elo Jorma Elo is a contemporary choreographer. Early life He was born 30 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland. His father, Jaakko Elo, is a urological surgeon, mother Ruth Elo née Carlstedt, a dentist. Jorma Elo's partner since 1994 is Nancy Euverin ...

to music by

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (baptism, bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop ...

and

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

. The premiere took place on 16 June 2006 at the

New York State Theater The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet, modern and other forms of dance, part of the Lincoln Center, at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Originally ...

, Lincoln Center with lighting by Mark Stanley and costumes by Holly Hynes.

Music

von Biber * ''Partia VI in D'', 3rd movementOften mistakenly spelt "Partita" Vivaldi * ''Concerto. 2 in C'', RV189, 3rd movement * ''Concerto in G'', Op.4, no.3, RV301, 1st movement * ''Concerto. 4 in A'', Op.4, RV357, 2nd movement * ''Concerto in G'', Op.4, no.3, RV301, 3rd movement * ''Concerto in C'', Op.57, no.1, RV507, 3rd movement * ''Concerto in A'', Op.3, no.5, RV519, 3rd movement * ''Concerto in A'', Op.3, no.8, RV522, 2nd movement * ''Concerto in E flat'', Op. 8, no. 5, RV253 1st movement

Original cast

Wendy Whelan Wendy Whelan (; born May 7, 1967) is an American ballet dancer. She was principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and performed with the company for 30 years, and toured in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Whelan has also been an influential gue ...

* Maria Kowroski *

Ana Sophia Scheller This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers. Principal dancers Soloists This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists. Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet. * Victor Abreu * Devin Albe ...

Sofiane Sylve Sofiane Sylve (born 1976) is a French ballet dancer. She is currently a principal dancer and ballet master with the Dresden Semperoper Ballett, and the artistic advisor and school director of Ballet San Antonio, and is set to run the latter's new ...

* Craig Hall * Edwaard Liang *

Joaquín De Luz Joaquín De Luz (born 1976, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ballet dancer. He was formerly with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), and a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet (NYCB). He is currently director of Spanish National Dance Compa ...

Amar Ramasar Amar Ramasar (born 1981) is an American ballet dancer and former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet (NYCB). Ramasar joined the NYCB as an apprentice in 2000 and joined the corps de ballet in 2001. As of 2010, Ramasar remained the only p ...

Reviews

NY Times review
by John Rockwell, 19 June 2006
NY Times review
by Alastair Macaulay, 18 February 2009

References

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