Octet (Martins)

For the ballet by Willam Christensen, see Octet (Christensen).

Octet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat major (1825). The premiere took place November 14, 2003 at the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was November 23, 2004, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

Original casts

Royal Danish Ballet

• Silja Schandorff
• Yao Wei

• Andrew Bowman
• Kristoffer Sakurai

NYCB

• Ashley Bouder
• Darci Kistler

• Benjamin Millepied
• Stephen Hanna

Reviews

• NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 25, 2004

Articles

• NY Times, Rebecca Milzoff, August 20, 2006