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The New York Times
Arts & Entertainment
Seven years ago, ballet enthusiasts around the world mourned the premature retirement of international phenomenon Castiel Novak. Critics were convinced that with his departure, audiences could expect to have inadequate replacements paraded in front of them until the next “greatest in a generation” appeared.
Dean Winchester’s stunning debut at the New York Ballet Company turned doubtful heads, causing some to muse that perhaps Novak was less “once in a generation,” but rather one half of a complementary duo that brought performance halls to their feet.
When the two left The Company to elevate other, smaller companies to new heights, it seemed that the pair was unstoppable. “Unparalleled chemistry,” raved a review in this very paper upon the premiere of Novak’s first realized full-length ballet in which he starred with Winchester. It simply could not be manufactured.
At the time of publishing, Novak and Winchester’s partnership will have become a life-long one. The two were married in a small, private, civil ceremony in Winchester’s home town of Lawrence, Kansas. The honeymoon is certain to be brief, as Winchester is set to perform for the first time as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake as a special guest on the New York Ballet Company stage.
As longtime fans of the arts, ballet, and love in general, we here at the Times would like to wish Dean and Castiel congratulations, and break a leg on the rest of your journey together.