New York City Ballet principal Taylor Stanley performs Kyle Abraham’s story of love and yearning

A melancholic love story, told through contemporary ballet, American choreographer Kyle Abraham’s Love Letter (On Shuffle) returns to the David H. Koch Theater as part of the New York City Ballet’s 75th anniversary season.
Translating the production’s central solo for a new dance short of the same name, directed by Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer, New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley takes center stage, performing against the neoclassical grandeur of the Weylin in Williamsburg. Uniting Abraham’s kinetic choreography with music by London-born producer James Blake and Andre 3000, and eccentric costuming by British designer Giles Deacon, the piece illuminates a poignant collision of classical and contemporary influences, incorporating movement drawn from club culture and the African American vernacular.…read more at nowness.com
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it's always the same when in modern videos they employ classical dancers . they always start by making contemporary movements, before arabesque and pirouettes take their principal place again. there's no point