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

Original cast

Reviews

NY Times review by John Rockwell, 19 June 2006

NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, 18 February 2009

References

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