This is a transition season for the company. A number of long-term dancers have retired or moved on, new dancers have joined. And the company shone.
BalletX is 18, “and it’s going to college,” artistic director Christine Cox joked Wednesday night before the curtain went up on the fall series at the Wilma Theater.
Here we get the first glimpse that Francesca Forcella, who has been with BalletX for 10 years, and Jerard Palazo have moved into the most prominent roles. Palazo was new last season and hadn’t gotten his moment. But here he and Forcella looked ready to take on whatever BalletX’s many guest choreographers throw at them.Wearing leotards that look like stained glass and set against a blue-lit stage, they danced a controlled, sleek, and stunning duet that showed off their rippling muscles.
If Roberts’ beautiful piece was a blue ballet, BalletX cofounder Matthew Neenan presented a red one in his world premiere,He, too, used live music, a series of guitar pieces composed and played on stage by Michael Poll. The costumes were again by Darch; flamenco pants with a stripe down the side, and a red sheer matador-type top with fringe on one arm.
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