Ballet star crosses New York
NewsTwo weeks ago, the international Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky resigned from American Ballet Theater after 13 years as artist in residence.
Today he was announced as artist in residence at New York City Ballet.
‘I wanted a change,’ he said.
New York can feel like a very small town.
It’s difficult to find two major ballet companies on the planet more different than ABT and NYCB. So his comment is apt.
I was going to say the same thing. ABT and NYCB are opposites in style.
It’s rather like going from Central Park to a large concrete plaza.