Why am I not where you are is a ballet comissioned by New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...

 and made by principal dancer Benjamin Millepied

Benjamin Millepied

Benjamin Millepied is a French danseur, best known for his work as choreographer in the movie Black Swan .-Early life:...

 to a likewise commissioned score by French composer Thierry Escaich

Thierry Escaich

Thierry Escaich, born 8 May 1965 in Nogent-sur-Marne, is a French organist and composer.-Life:Born in 1965, Thierry Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Paris Conservatory , where he won 8 “first prizes” and where he has taught improvisation and composition since...

, The Lost Dancer. It is the choreographer's second ballet for City Ballet; the premiere took place on Thursday, April 29^th, 2010, at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...

. The costumes were designed by Marc Happel and the set by Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zürich, Switzerland. Classed now among the elite designers of the world, he has offices in Zürich, Paris, Valencia, and New York City....

 as part of the company's Architecture of Dance Festival.

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• Kathryn Morgan
• Sara Mearns

• Sean Suozzi
• Amar Ramasar
  Amar Ramasar
  Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...
  
  

2010 Fall 

• Janie Taylor
• Sara Mearns

• Sean Suozzi
• Amar Ramasar
  Amar Ramasar
  Amar Ramasar is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, Dance Magazine reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers...
  
  

Reviews

• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlNY Times by Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
  
  , May 1^st, 2010]
• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/arts/music/13martins.htmlNY Times by Anthony Tommasini
  Anthony Tommasini
  -Early years:Tommasini was born in Brooklyn around 1948 and raised on Long Island. He was admitted to Oberlin College's Conservatory of Music, but chose to matriculate at Yale University in order to obtain a broader liberal arts education...
  
  , June 11^th, 2010]

• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/03/arts/dance/03new.htmlNY Times by Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
  
  , July 2^nd, 2010]
• NY Times by Gia Kourlas, September 27^th, 2010