Octet (Martins)

Octet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat major (1825). The premiere took place November 14, 2003 at the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was November 23, 2004, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

Royal Danish Ballet

 * Silja Schandorff
 * Yao Wei


 * Andrew Bowman
 * Kristoffer Sakurai

NYCB

 * Ashley Bouder
 * Darci Kistler


 * Benjamin Millepied
 * Stephen Hanna

Reviews

 * NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 25, 2004

Articles

 * NY Times, Rebecca Milzoff, August 20, 2006