![]() Justin Peck’s newest work for New York City Ballet, his 25thjilipark, is called “Mystic Familiar,” a title that turns out to be telling. Those two words encapsulate the rise and fall of its aspirations and limitations. It’s a dance that tries to be mystic, but mostly it’s just familiar. The title is borrowed from an album by the electronic composer Dan Deacon, whose commissioned score is based on the song “Become a Mountain.” Music from an earlier Deacon recording drove Peck’s 2017 hit “The Times Are Racing,” which featured costumes by the designer Humberto Leon and lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker. That team has reassembled for “Mystic Familiar” — hoping, you imagine, to rekindle the spark of “The Times Are Racing.” This time, the team is joined by the artist Eamon Ore-Giron, who contributes a symmetrical backdrop of bright rays in triangular groupings. And a signal difference is live music, with Deacon joining the City Ballet orchestra in the pit. “Mystic Familiar,” which had its premiere on Wednesday, is divided into five sections, each named after an element: air, earth,pnxbet and so on. One section flows into the next, as the music changes character and the 14-member cast changes costumes. At the start, the dancers wear puffy, poofy white sleeves and drift across the stage like clouds. Then Taylor Stanley enters, wearing green and walking slowly in the opposite direction, and we know that “Air” has ceded to “Earth.” These first two sections, at least, are different from “Times Are Racing.” Where that work was all youthful verve in sneakers, this one opens in a pastoral mood, with flute. Stanley’s twisty, searching solo — marked with gestures of weighing options and gathering something to the self, a weak reflection of solos made for Stanley by Kyle Abraham — is accompanied by piano four-hands and marimbas, a sound with a mystical shimmer. ImageTiler Peck and Gilbert Bolden III in “Mystic Familiar.”Credit...Rachel Papo for The New York TimesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Ms. Harris may give remarks about border issues during the visit, according to the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss a trip that has not yet been made public. The people said final details about exactly where Ms. Harris would visit or what else she might do on the trip have not been decided. The Harris campaign did not immediately provide a comment. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. wild casino no deposit bonusAlready a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.jilipark |