Plainspoken is a ballet made by principal dancer Benjamin Millepied on the Chamber Ensemble of New York City Ballet to eponymous musicG. Schirmer and Co. commissioned from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang. The premiere took place on Friday, August 6, 2010, at the Center for the Arts,Center for the Arts, in Jackson Hole Jackson Hole, Wyoming; the NYCB premiere took place at the Fall gala on Thursday, October 7, at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center. Costumes were designed by Karen Young.
Casts
Original Sterling Hyltin Teresa Reichlen Jennie Somogyi Janie Taylor Tyler Angle Amar Ramasar Sébastien Marcovici Jared Angle
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Reviews NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, October 9, 2010 Wall Street Journal by Robert Greskovic, October 14, 2010 NY Times by Roslyn Sulcas, October 17, 2010
Articles NY Times by Chelsea Zalopany, October 8, 2010