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.[1] It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company until February 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving the company.[2]
Productions
City Center, October 1–5, 2008
program one, October 1–3
Polyphonia
[Review 1]
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
Monotones II
Commedia
[Programs 1][Review 1][Review 2]
Six Fold Illuminate
[Review 1][Review 3]
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- Drew Jacoby
- Céline Cassone
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*Edwaard Liang
- Edward Watson
- Rubinald Pronk
- Rory Hohenstein
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program two, October 4–5
Commedia
[Programs 1][Review 1][Review 3]
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
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- Leanne Benjamin
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell
- Céline Cassone
- Drew Jacoby
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- Rory Hohenstein
- Edwaard Liang
- Rubinald Pronk
- Edward Watson
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One
[Programs 1][Programs 2]
Monotones II
- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Shutters Shut
Fools’ Paradise
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
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- Wendy Whelan
- Maria Kowroski
- Teresa Reichlen
- Tiler Peck
- Céline Cassone
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- Craig Hall
- Edwaard Liang
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
- Gonzalo Garcia
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Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
City Center, October 29, – November 1, 2009
program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
[Review 4][Review 5]
- accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Commedia
- Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography
- Stravinsky[6]'s music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
Bolero
new Harbour ballet
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
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 [Programs 3]
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
- ^ a b c New York City premiere
- ^ Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.
- ^ a b US premiere