New York City Ballet – Ocean’s Kingdom – New York

I mentioned making a list of choreographers who’d have done a better job on this ballet than Martins, and finding it included just about everybody. The saddest part of the endeavor is realizing that prominent on that list would be the Martins of thirty, twenty, even ten years ago. Like his work or not (and often I didn’t), it had a cerebral (if not emotional) acuity and sense of purpose that’s painfully absent in Ocean’s Kingdom. However gloriously accoutered, is there a sadder choreographer than one who’s just going through the motions?

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