Morphoses: FOOLS' PARADISE, Shutters Shut, THE DREAM PAS DE DEUX, MONOTONES II, NEW WHEELDON October 4, 2008

"Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet to Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, co-commissioned by New York City Center and Sadler’s Wells Theatre, will start off the season along with a Morphoses-commissioned work by Canadian-born choreographer Emily Molnar. Shutters Shut, choreographed by husband and wife team Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, will also have its New York premiere."

FOOLS' PARADISE
Music: Joby Talbot
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Costume: Narciso Rodriguez
Lighting: Penny Jacobus
Pianist: Cameron Grant

FULL ORCHESTRA

Dancers:
Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall
Maria Kowroski and Edwaard Liang

Teresa Reichlen and Adrian Danchig-Waring
Tiler Peck and Tyler Angle
Gonzalo Garcia

Shutters Shut
Poem: Gertrude Stein
Choreography: Lightfoot León

Dancers:
Christine Thomassen
Andreas Heise

THE DREAM PAS DE DEUX
Music: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Costumes: David Walker
Lighting: John B. Read

Dancers:
Leanne Benjamin and Edward Watson

MONOTONES II
Music: Eric Satie
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Costume: Sir Frederick Ashton
Lighting: Sir Frederick Ashton

Dancers:
Wendy Whelan
Adrian Danchig-Waring
Tyler Angle

NEW WHEELDON
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Costume: Isabel Toledo
Scenery: Ruben Toledo
Lighting: Penny Jacobus

Dancers:
Leanne Benjamin
Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Céline Cassone
Drew Jacoby
Rory Hohenstein
Edwaard Liang
Ruby Pronk
Ed Watson

Official Website: http://www.nycitycenter.org/tickets/productionNew.aspx?performanceNumber=3755