Gently, he dons ballet shoes and silk stockings — just for fun, although the donning earns such close and reverent attention from the camera that something more than amusement, clearly, is at stake.
Animals, playing cards, seasons: in all three items in the "Just for Fun" program at New York City Ballet on Friday, dancers continually portrayed something other than themselves.
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 242-0800, joyce.org; $10 to $75. (Burke) ★ New York City Ballet (through Oct. 13) With Friday's "Just for Fun" program (repeated at the matinees on Saturday and Sunday and on Wednesday night), the New York City Ballet grants itself permission to get a little silly.
And even though this was done for fun and in a "safe" context of a ballet, in the end we feel that it sends a positive message of inclusion for everyone.
He grew up in the Bronx and studied at the Performing Arts High School and Ballet Hispanico and, as he got older, danced until dawn in clubs for fun, the origin of his penchant for house music.
What Acosta has principally aimed for is to clarify the narrative, find a more contemporary vibe for the characters and, above all, to rediscover the ballet's fun.
"It's time for fun, fun, fun".
"Etudes," a long ballet, is fun to watch.
