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.^[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

- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton

Maria Kowroski

Commedia

^{[Programs 1]}^{[Review 1]}^{[Review 2]}

- Christopher Wheeldon^[3]’s choreography
- Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus^[4]

Rory Hohenstein
Edwaard Liang
Rubinald Pronk
Edward Watson

Six Fold Illuminate

^{[Review 1]}^{[Review 3]}

- Emily Molnar's choreography
- Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
- costumes by Narciso Rodriguez
- lighting by Pierre Lavoie^[5]

Drew Jacoby
Céline Cassone

*Edwaard Liang

Edward Watson
Rubinald Pronk
Rory Hohenstein

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

Leanne Benjamin
Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Céline Cassone
Drew Jacoby

Rory Hohenstein
Edwaard Liang
Rubinald Pronk
Edward Watson

One

^{[Programs 1]}^{[Programs 2]}

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography
- Jacob Ter Vedhuis' music
- costumes by Benjamin Briones
- lighting by Lopez Ochoa

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

Monotones II

- Frederick Ashton’s choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton

Wendy Whelan

Tyler Angle
Adrian Danchig-Waring

Shutters Shut

- Lightfoot León's choreography
- text by Gertrude Stein
- costumes and lighting by Lightfoot León

Christine Thomassen^{[2008, 1]}

Andreas Heise^{[2008, 1]}

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

Wendy Whelan
Maria Kowroski
Teresa Reichlen
Tiler Peck
Céline Cassone

Craig Hall
Edwaard Liang
Adrian Danchig-Waring
Gonzalo Garcia

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

- Lightfoot León’s choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

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

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

Bolero

- Alexei Ratmansky’s choreography
- Ravel's music

new Harbour ballet

- Tim Harbour’s choreography ^{[Programs 3]}
- 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 ^{[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

Dancers

2008 New York City Center

Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Céline Cassone
Christine Thomassen ^{[2008, 1]}
Drew Jacoby
Leanne Benjamin
Maria Kowroski
Teresa Reichlen
Tiler Peck
Wendy Whelan

Adrian Danchig-Waring
Andreas Heise ^{[2008, 1]}
Craig Hall
Edwaard Liang
Edward Watson
Gonzalo Garcia
Jason Fowler
Rory Hohenstein
Rubinald Pronk
Tyler Angle

notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d guest artist

2009 Fall for Dance

Drew Jacoby

Rubinald Pronk

2009 New York City Center

Carrie Lee Riggins
Danielle Rowe
Drew Jacoby
Gabrielle Lamb
Melissa Barak
Rachel Sherak
Wendy Whelan

Andrew Crawford
Edwaard Liang
Juan Pablo Ledo
Lucas Segovia
Matthew Prescott
Rory Hohenstein
Rubinald Pronk
Ty Gurfein

Reviews

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008
^ Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008
^ ^a ^b 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.

Footnotes

^ "History". Morphoses. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
^ NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010
^ Wonderland., Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer (expression) Talbot, Joby, composer (expression) Crowley, Bob, set designer. Mason, Monica, director. MacFarlane, Oliver, producer. Haswell, Jonathan, film director. Cuthbertson, Lauren, 1984- dancer. Polunin, Sergei, dancer. Watson, Edward, 1976- dancer. Yanowsky, Zenaida, dancer. Saunders, Christopher, dancer. McRae, Steven, dancer. Underwood, Eric (Dancer) Beale, Simon Russell, dancer. Cervera, Ricardo, dancer. McNally, Kristen, dancer. Trzensimiech, Dawid, dancer. Wordsworth, Barry, conductor. Austin, Christopher, composer (expression) Wright, Nicholas, 1940- screenwriter. Katz, Natasha, lighting designer. Eveleigh, Steve, film editor. Ballet adaptation of (work): Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in, Alice's adventures in Wonderland, OCLC 905607974, retrieved June 16, 2022 {{citation}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Cameron, Penny (1999). A twist in the tale : five short stories. Pearson Education. ISBN 0-582-41816-X. OCLC 754874523.
^ Lavoie, Jean-Pierre (April 22, 2011), "[PARTIE 4 Introduction]", Vieillir au pluriel, Presses de l'Université du Québec, pp. 385–392, doi:10.2307/j.ctv18ph6h8.26, retrieved June 16, 2022
^ Cook, Nicholas (July 24, 2003), "Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky", The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky, Cambridge University Press, pp. 175–191, doi:10.1017/ccol9780521663304.010, ISBN 9780521663779, retrieved June 16, 2022

References

Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008

External links

Morphoses, official website
City Center, official website
Sadler's Wells, official website
- Morphoses on the Sadler's Wells website
Vail International Dance Festival: Morphoses dancer bios
Archival footage of Morphoses performing at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2012

[New_York_City_premiere-4] New York City premiere

[10] Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's One replaced Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream Pas de Deux due to injury.

[US_premiere-15] US premiere

[guest_artist-11] uest artist

[NY_Times_October_2,_2008-3] NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 2, 2008

[VV_October_7,_2008-5] Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008

[VV_2008_October_7,_2008-8] Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, October 7, 2008

[NY_Times_October_30,_2009-12] NY Times review by Gia Kourlas, October 30, 2009

[NY_Post_October_30,_2009-13] NY Post review by Leigh Witchel, October 30, 2009

[1] "History". Morphoses. Retrieved May 4, 2010.

[2] NY Times, Daniel J. Wakin and Alastair macaulay, February 22, 2010

[6] Wonderland., Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer (expression) Talbot, Joby, composer (expression) Crowley, Bob, set designer. Mason, Monica, director. MacFarlane, Oliver, producer. Haswell, Jonathan, film director. Cuthbertson, Lauren, 1984- dancer. Polunin, Sergei, dancer. Watson, Edward, 1976- dancer. Yanowsky, Zenaida, dancer. Saunders, Christopher, dancer. McRae, Steven, dancer. Underwood, Eric (Dancer) Beale, Simon Russell, dancer. Cervera, Ricardo, dancer. McNally, Kristen, dancer. Trzensimiech, Dawid, dancer. Wordsworth, Barry, conductor. Austin, Christopher, composer (expression) Wright, Nicholas, 1940- screenwriter. Katz, Natasha, lighting designer. Eveleigh, Steve, film editor. Ballet adaptation of (work): Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in, Alice's adventures in Wonderland, OCLC 905607974, retrieved June 16, 2022 {{citation}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] Cameron, Penny (1999). A twist in the tale : five short stories. Pearson Education. ISBN 0-582-41816-X. OCLC 754874523.

[9] Lavoie, Jean-Pierre (April 22, 2011), "[PARTIE 4 Introduction]", Vieillir au pluriel, Presses de l'Université du Québec, pp. 385–392, doi:10.2307/j.ctv18ph6h8.26, retrieved June 16, 2022

[14] Cook, Nicholas (July 24, 2003), "Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky", The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky, Cambridge University Press, pp. 175–191, doi:10.1017/ccol9780521663304.010, ISBN 9780521663779, retrieved June 16, 2022

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