The new works chosen by Mr. Martins included two by former NYCB resident-choreographer ChristopherWheeldon and one by company corps-de-ballet dancer Justin Peck.
Over the course of nearly three hours, the theatrical wonders of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's three-act "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" keep tumbling and flowing into place.
Both Ashley Page's "Guide to Strange Places, " a 2012 SFB commission to John Adams's not exactly dance-friendly music of the same name, and Christopher Wheeldon's 2008 commission, "Within the Golden Hour" (to Ezio Bosso and Antonio Vivaldi), duly showed off SFB.