Slice to Sharp

Slice to Sharp is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Diamond Project by Jorma Elo to music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio Vivaldi. The premiere took place on 16 June 2006 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with lighting by Mark Stanley and costumes by Holly Hynes.

Music

von Biber

• Partia VI in D, 3rd movement[1]

Vivaldi

Concerto. 2 in C, RV189, 3rd movement Concerto in G, Op.4, no.3, RV301, 1st movement Concerto. 4 in A, Op.4, RV357, 2nd movement Concerto in G, Op.4, no.3, RV301, 3rd movement

Concerto in C, Op.57, no.1, RV507, 3rd movement Concerto in A, Op.3, no.5, RV519, 3rd movement Concerto in A, Op.3, no.8, RV522, 2nd movement Concerto in E flat, Op. 8, no. 5, RV253 1st movement

Casts

Original

Wendy Whelan Maria Kowroski Ana Sophia Scheller Sofiane Sylve

Craig Hall Edwaard Liang Joaquín De Luz Amar Ramasar

Winter 2009

Wendy Whelan Maria Kowroski Ana Sophia Scheller Teresa Reichlen

Craig Hall Robert Fairchild Joaquín De Luz Ask la Cour

Reviews

NY Times review by John Rockwell, 19 June 2006

NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, 18 February 2009

References

1. Often mistakenly spelt "Partita"