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Performance

Piano Concerto No. 1

David H. Koch Theater
New York, New York

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Piano Concerto No. 1


Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Staged by Nancy Raffa
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
Scenery by George Tsypin
Costumes by Keso Dekker
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton


Running Time: 23 minutes

This brilliant, quicksilver romp dashes by with spinning leaps, gravity-defying jumps and whip-fast turns at an almost comically impossible speed, but its heart is a dreamy, moving double pas de deux that is simply delectable.