New York City Center Presents the EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG: THE PYGMALION EFFECT – Preview

Segerstrom Center for the Arts Presents the EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG: THE PYGMALION EFFECT
The Pygmalion Effect Photo by Michael Khoury

When:
June 7 at 8pm, June 8 at 2pm & 8pm, June 9 at 2pm

Where:
New York, New York City Center
For more information please visit New York, New York City Center website

In this new work the role of the passionate sculptor is performed by a ballroom dancer, who sculpts a young girl into a brilliant dancer. For the first time, Eifman uses the music of The Waltz King Johann Strauss Jr. to underscore the spiritual and physical transformation of his heroine.

The title of this new ballet is a reference to the physiological phenomenon in which a person’s actions are positively influenced by the expectations of others. Said Eifman, “The Pygmalion Effect is a choreographic interpretation of the myth about an artist and his creation, a new view on how art and life are intricately intertwined but never one and the same.”

The Pygmalion Effect
The Pygmalion Effect Photo by Michael Khoury
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