PRESS REVIEWS: BALLET PRO MUSICA REPERTORY
The Ballet Pro Musica Festival returned in August with a glorious weekend of chamber music ballet featuring the brilliant National Ballet of Mexico. La Catrina Quartet joined the dancers with music from Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky and Robert Schumann. -
Jennifer Noyer, Albuquerque Journal
Ballet Pro Musica Festival
provides a feast equally for the eye and ear.
- George Jackson,
DanceViewTimes.com
Ballet Pro Musica Festival rightly deserves the comparison to a finely crafted objet d'art. World-class choreography, dancers, and live music in New Mexico! - Albuquerque ARTS
Ballet Pro Musica
Serves Rich Program... with the gorgeous
National Ballet of Mexico. A rich feast for eyes and ears! - Albuquerque Journal
The Rite of Spring Music: Igor Stravinsky, Choreography: Alex Ossadnik
Ossadnik’s interpretation was arresting... physical and forceful. He wasn’t afraid to turn convention sideways... an amazing physical and brilliant display. - The New Mexican
Transfigured Night Music: Arnold Schoenberg, Choreography: Alex Ossadnik
The program’s highlight filled the stage with long sinuously flowing lines of motion, meshing athleticism and supernal grace. What a gorgeous piece. Ossadnik’s intricate, imaginative choreography indeed transfigured Transfigured Night. - Savannah Morning News
Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet Music: Frederic Chopin, Choreography: Peter Anastos
Peerlessly goofy... a take-no-prisoners parody of those chiffon wrapped ballets where dancers swoon to Chopin... It’s all wonderfully silly, and the dancers should be commended not only for their comedic talents but for surviving the piece with no gaping wounds. - Savannah Morning News
Rhapsody in Blue Music: George Gershwin, Choreography: Peter Anastos
Anastos’ choreography delights, showing he is a preeminent master of classical style. - The Washington Post
Apollo Music: Igor Stravinsky, Choreography: George Balanchine
Apollo was the breath-taking highlight of the evening... full of innovation yet always flowed with perfect logic from the elegance of the historic ballet style. The final pose creates one of the rare moments that bring a kinesthetic gasp from the audience. - Albuquerque Journal
Vive La France Music: Jacques Ibert, Choreography: Peter Anastos
Delightful... mocks just about every ballet convention. The military march for four men wearing princess diadems is wholly masculine while the dance for four ballerinas is as camp as the hippo ballet from Fantasia. All in all, pure corn, but with enough reality to sting. - The New Mexican
