Dance Photography: NCDT’s Director’s Choice

The North Carolina Dance Theatre saved some of its best for last as Director’s Choice caps off the season with three incredible pieces.

I was taken by the beauty of George Balanchine’s Apollo, performed by David Ingram along with Traci Gilchrest, Alessandra Ball and Anna Gerberich. The program includes Constructing Juliet, with choreography by Mark Godden and Broken Fantasy, another spectacular work by NCDT’s resident choreographer Dwight Rhoden.

Beautiful lines from Balanchine's Apollo
Beautiful lines from Balanchine's Apollo
David Ingram soars as Apollo
David Ingram soars as Apollo
Ingram lifts Anna Gerberich, left, and Alessandra Ball
Ingram lifts Anna Gerberich, left, and Alessandra Ball
Traci Gilchrest, front, with fellow muses Anna Gerberich and Alessandra Ball
Traci Gilchrest, front, with fellow muses Alessandra Ball and Anna Gerberich
Alessandra Ball
Alessandra Ball
David Ingram and Traci Gilchrest
David Ingram and Traci Gilchrest
Gilchrest and Ingram
Gilchrest and Ingram
More symmetry from Apollo
More symmetry from Apollo
Classic lines
Classic lines
Spin
Spin
Alessandra Ball, front, Traci Gilchrest and Anna Gerberich in Apollo
Alessandra Ball, front, Traci Gilchrest and Anna Gerberich in Apollo
Apollo dances with his muses
Apollo dances with his muses
Unison
Unison
Sasha Janes and Rebecca Carmazzin in Constructing Juliet
Sasha Janes and Rebecca Carmazzin in Constructing Juliet
Janes and Carmazzi
Janes and Carmazzi
Traci Gilchrest
Traci Gilchrest
Sarah James
Sarah James
Constructing Juliet
Constructing Juliet
Sasha Janes in Constructing Juliet
Sasha Janes in Constructing Juliet
Kara Wilkes in Dwight Rhoden's Broken Fantasy
Kara Wilkes in Dwight Rhoden's Broken Fantasy
Jamie Dee and Addul Manzano
Jamie Dee and Addul Manzano
Max Levy, left, with Kara Wilkes and David Ingram
Max Levy, left, with Kara Wilkes and David Ingram
Footwork
Footwork
Sarah Hayes Watson and Justin VanWeest
Sarah Hayes Watson and Justin VanWeest
Dancer
Dancer
Max Levy weaves through the dancers
Max Levy weaves through the dancers
Amazing costumes from Christine Darch
Amazing costumes from Christine Darch
Perspiration flies as Max Levy leaps
Perspiration flies as Max Levy leaps
Shadow and light
Shadow and light
Curtain call (Part 1)
Curtain call (Part 1)
Curtain call (Part 2)
Curtain call (Part 2)

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