chanda and i have been wishing to see justin peck's new ballet titled the times are racing ever since it premiered in january of this year, so today she bought day-of-the-show rush tickets when she was uptown for her dance class. we had watched the youtube video for it, filmed in the new hudson yards subway station, many times and i was a little worried that i wouldn't like the dance as much when i saw it on the stage . .
but i needn't have worried because it was just so compelling!
i'm so glad we went to see it and we really can't wait to see it again . . but we have no idea when that's going to be as tonight was its last night.
here's a new york times interview with justin peck from january 24th in which he discusses his influences for the piece.
The video was quite funny, I thought.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they closed off the station for a few hours of filming, or if they just took their chances with the trains coming in and the people getting off . . I can't imagine them closing the station . . but perhaps they did. I'd love to see a film about the filming!
DeleteI was wondering the same thing, but I do think they must have closed the station. Maybe in the middle of the night? It also looked kind of "prepared": all clean, shiny, etc.
DeleteDefinitely, but it is a new station! It only opened two years ago.
DeleteNo wonder it still looks pretty good!
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