Set to Tchaikovsky’s 4-movement “Souvenir de Florence,” the 35-minute ballet reveals the eager efforts of a novice dancemaker strung into what feels like infinite hubbub. Happily, the rest of this bill allowed its various casts to present ballet as a form of theater whose poetic dimensions are revealed by choreography that artfully plumbs Tchaikovsky’s music. Soon, however, gaining fresh and vivid life from the impassioned strains of Tchaikovsky’s “Meditation” portion of “Souvenir,” Mr. Ratmansky’s ballet takes flight. The “Scherzo” section shows off the individual dancers one at a time, as each variously skitters, bounds and spins, seemingly spurred by Tchaikovsky’s sonorities. “Mozartiana,” set to Tchaikovsky’s “Suite No.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 05, 2017 21:22 UTC