Mercurial Manoeuvres

Mercurial Manoeuvres is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's first Artist in Residence Christopher Wheeldon to Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35 for City Ballet's Diamond Project. The premiere took place on Friday, April 28, 2000, at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with costumes by Carole Divet and lighting by Mark Stanley.

Casts

original

• Miranda Weese
• Elena Diner
• Aubrey Morgan

• Jock Soto
• Edwaard Liang

NYCB revivals

2009 Winter tour to Kennedy Center

• Tiler Peck
• Kathryn Morgan
• Stephanie Zungre

• Tyler Angle
• Gonzalo Garcia

2009 Spring

first cast

• Abi Stafford
• Kathryn Morgan
• Erica Pereira

• Tyler Angle
• Gonzalo Garcia

second cast

• Tiler Peck
• Alina Dronova
• Stephanie Zungre

• Adrian Danchig-Waring
• Joaquín De Luz

2009 Saratoga Springs

• Tiler Peck
• Kathryn Morgan
• Erica Pereira

• Adrian Danchig-Waring
• Gonzalo Garcia

References

• Playbill, New York City Ballet, Friday, June 27, 2008

Reviews

• NYCB article by Susan Reiter, April 30, 2000

• NYCB review by Anna Kisselgoff, May 1, 2000
• NYCB review by Jennifer Dunning, January 25, 2003

External links

• NYCB website