Music: Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano Concerto No. 5, Opus 103)
Choreography: Peter Quanz Costume Designer: Holly Hynes Set Designer: Robert Perdziola Lighting: Brad Fields
World premiere: October 20, 2005, American Ballet Theatre New York State Theatre
At its premiere, Kaleidoscope was danced by Gillian Murphy, Ethan Stiefel, Veronika Part and Maxim Beloserkovsky and artists of American Ballet Theatre.
Length: 30 minutes
Pictured to Right: Ethan Stiefel and Gillian Murphy Photograph by Myra Armstrong Courtesy of American Ballet Theatre
Quanz manoeuvres this ensemble in swiftly shifting patterns that are invariably well balanced though – contrary to traditional practice – asymmetrical. He keeps you eager to see what will happen next, as if you were following a thrilling plot. At the same time he delivers the very essence of classical dancing – harmony that continually reinvents itself.
