Cassandra Trenary and Helen Pickett in rehearsal forCrime and Punishment.
Long before Pickett begins creating movement, she and Bonas decide exactly how their ballets story will unfold.
(Also: Until now, ABT had never mounted a full-length balletscoredby a woman, either.)
American Ballet Theatre’s Cassandra Trenary inCrime and Punishment.
As Waller-Bridge found the works sound, Pickett was busy matching movement identities to each character.
ABT music director Ormsby Wilkins and Isobel Waller-Bridge in rehearsal with the ABT Orchestra forCrime and Punishment.
Raskolnikov is such a complicated character that it wasnt about casting genders, says Pickett.
Cassandra Trenary and Helen Pickett in rehearsal forCrime and Punishment.
It was about the emotional, psychological, and physical depth that Raskolnikov needed.
Shes found it refreshing to break from the traditional ballerina role and mine new emotional registers.
American Ballet TheatresCrime and Punishmentwill run from October 30 to November 3 at the David H. Koch Theater.
ABT music director Ormsby Wilkins and Isobel Waller-Bridge in rehearsal with the ABT Orchestra forCrime and Punishment.
