New fresh era of wit and talent in ballet

For about two decades after the death in 1983 of the great choreographer George Balanchine, critics lamented the dearth of important new dance makers in classical ballet. Nothing could measure up to Balachine's ability to deploy the vocabulary of ballet. When the century's other choreographer, Frederick Ashton, died in 1988, followed by his British compatriot Kenneth MacMillan it seemed that a great age of ballet had definitively ended. In fact, those very decades saw the start of the groundbreaking work of the American choreographer William Forsythe. Then at the dawn of the 21st century came Cristopher Wheeldon (New York City Ballet) and Alexei Ratmansky (Bolshoi Ballet) we see a remarkable wave of emotions. The Italian-born Jacopo Godani, another Forsythe's alumnus said that he thought ballet had shifted into a more contemporary mode and it feels very much part of our world.
Casalino Pierluigi, 17.07.2013