Apr 15, 2024
City Ballet The Podcast is back! In the lead up to the return of two of Pam Tanowitz's ballets to the stage this spring—Gustave le Gray No. 1, from 2019, and Law of Mosaics, which premiered in 2022—Former Principal Dancer Russell Janzen and current Soloist Miriam Miller join Hear the Dance host Silas Farley to discuss working with the singular choreographer. As both dancers describe, Tanowitz's unique approach to ballet and generosity in the studio make familiar steps new, freeing the performers to challenge themselves and discover new aspects of their own artistry. (1:14:37)
Written by Silas Farley
Edited by Emilie Silvestri
Reading List:
Reality Hunger: A Manifesto by David Shields
Béla Bartók by David Cooper
The Prickly Rose: A Biography of Viola Farber by Jeff Slayton Merce
Cunningham by Roger Copeland
Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
Music:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor
Stravinsky
Law of Mosaics (2012) by Ted Hearne
All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra