‘Solving Your Problems With Chloe Troast’ May 4 at 8:30 p.m. at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 242 East 14th Street, Manhattan; ucbcomedy.com. In the months since her tenure on “Saturday Night Live” came to an end, Chloe Troast has kept busy, performing at Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas, and …
It’s a test tube ballet: an experiment that at first glance might seem like pining for the past. But while Alexei Ratmansky’s new production of “Paquita” finds its footing from ballets of earlier centuries, it lands in the here and now as a daring proposal about legacy and lineage. What …
New York City Ballet dancers trickled onstage in mismatched sweatshirts, down vests, practice tutus and leg warmers at the start of a rehearsal for Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita.” They disappeared, then reappeared in sleek leotards and tights, crisscrossing the stage to mazurka-like music. Soon the whole coalesced in a great diagonal …