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Play Time

Music
Solange Knowles
Choreography
Gianna Reisen

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Set to a free jazz score by Grammy-winning artist Solange Knowles, Gianna Reisen’s Play Time features a cavorting ensemble of ten dancers in metallic and jewel-toned, business suit-inspired costumes covered in pinstripes of brilliantly eye-catching Swarovski crystals designed by Alejandro Gómez Palomo.

Gianna Reisen’s Play Time is her third work for New York City Ballet, following Composer’s Holiday (2017) and Judah (2018). Play Time features a commissioned score by Grammy-Award winning singer, songwriter, and visual artist Solange Knowles, her first for a ballet company. The ballet for 10 dancers, which premiered at the 2022 Fall Fashion Gala, includes costumes by fashion designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo for Palomo Spain, featuring Swarovski crystals, and lighting by Mark Stanley.

16 minutes

ANATOMY OF A DANCE

CHRISTINA CLARK ON GIANNA REISEN’S PLAY TIME

For the cast of Gianna Reisen's Play Time, navigating classical ballet steps and conventional partnering in a costume weighed down by 20,000 Swarovski crystals poses its unique challenges. For Christina Clark, it is also a unique privilege to perform in a work choreographed by a childhood best friend.

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Soloist Harrison Coll dons a shimmering structural suit by Alejandro Gómez Palomo, who employed some 800,000 Swarovski crystals in constructing the colorful looks for Gianna Reisen's and Solange Knowles' Play Time .

© 2022 Erin Baiano

© 2022 Erin Baiano

© 2022 Erin Baiano

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