New York City Ballet: Mozartiana, Thou Swell, West Side Story Suite

Damian Woetzel as Riff, Leader of the Jets, was also a purposeful and potent dancer, and Faye Arthurs and Genevieve Labean as the wispy ingÈnue, Maria, and Rosalia added texture and charm. But, it was Jenifer Ringer, as the black, curly-haired Anita, who garnered sizeable attention, with her sexy singing and dancing, especially of America, and she even walked in street fashion, tough and tempting. Women wore heeled dance shoes for this work, and the visual effect was fashionable and fun. Kudos to Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein.