Slice to Sharp

Slice to Sharp is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Diamond Project by Jorma Elo to music of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio Vivaldi. The premiere took place June 16, 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

• 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, June 19, 2006

• NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, February 18, 2009

External links

• NYCB website