After the Rain
Music
Arvo Pärt
Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon
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Danced to Pärt’s solemn Spiegel im Spiegel by a couple dressed in simple attire on a sparse stage, After the Rain’s pas de deux is a lovingly tender work full of heartfelt emotions.
Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain premiered in 2005 at NYCB’s annual New Combinations Evening, which honors the anniversary of George Balanchine’s birth with world premiere ballets. A ballet in two parts, the first section is set to Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa, and features three couples. For the second section, only one couple returns, and performs a haunting pas de deux set to Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel. Originally performed by Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto, this was the last ballet Wheeldon created for Soto, before Soto retired from dancing in June of 2005.
22 minutes
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