Held at Lincoln Center, the black-tie affair honored Susan and Leonard Feinstein, a couple whose philanthropic portfolio reads like a masterclass in cultural preservation.
I always thought ballet would be a music box come to life. A dainty princess twirls in a stiff tutu while a prince solemnly assists, and the whole performance would serve up a tax-free inheritance in pointe shoes - polished, rarefied, and untouched by mortal concerns like gravity or sweat.
The ballet experience can hold the work of visual artists and kinetic movement, and new music. Mystic Familiar is a great example of delivering something that's all new for the audience.
Derricks, producer Dhana Gilbert, production designer Bill Groom, and Sherman-Palladino took IndieWire inside the process of restaging the classics and creating Tobias' cutting-edge originals.