The program begins with New York City Ballet resident choreographer Justin Peck’s “Everywhere We Go” and ends with Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning’s world premiere, “La Mer,” a cautionary tale about what we’re doing to our planet’s oceans.
Boston Ballet gets creative with its virtual-season finale
By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent,Updated May 14, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
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Boston Ballet in John Lam s moving pARTs, filmed at the Ashmont and Alewife MBTA stationsBearwalk Productions
At the beginning of 2021, Boston Ballet was still hoping to present two live programs at the Citizens Bank Opera House in May. That didnât prove possible, but the company is nonetheless ending its 2020â21 virtual season on a creative note with âProcess & Progress,â a 50-minute program offering four official premieres plus brief commentaries by the choreographers. Itâs enough to whet your appetite for the 2021â22 season, not to mention what Boston Ballet might go on to do with dance films.
Boston Ballet revisits Yakobson gems and previews new work for spring
By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent,Updated January 21, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
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Corina Gill and Isaac Akiba in Leonid Yakobson s Rodin. Rachel Neville Photography; courtesy of Boston Ballet
The third virtual program in Boston Balletâs 2020â21 subscription season, âLook Back, Focus Forward,â mostly looks back to the companyâs performances of Soviet choreographer Leonid Yakobson. In the program introduction, Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen calls Yakobson a âmonumental choreographerâ who âtransformed the art form,â and though Boston Ballet last presented Yakobsonâs work in 2019, itâs still a treat to watch these pieces again. The hourlong program is rounded out with Nissinenâs reflections on touring and then a quick preview of a new work, âZoom In,â by former Nederlands Dans Theater dancer Ken Ossola that Boston Ballet