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observations 10-18
Our own Simone Messmer will debut as Giselle in Miami City Ballet's opening performance on Friday, October 21 at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Her Albrecht will be her frequent partner, Rainer…
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NYCB – 10/14
Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering –
about as storyless as an Auden haikuTwo decades before creating Dances at a Gathering, Jerome Robbins was immersed in bringing the complicated souls of Leonard Bernstein's and W.H. Auden’s Age of Anxiety into ballet form. Auden’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poem of…
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NYCB 3rd Week
Symphony in Three Movements, the highlight againWe wish it were called Symphony in Six Movements and would go on twice as long. And when the New York City Ballet dancers get inside the Stravinsky music as they did on Saturday…
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The eyes have it
Oh, yeah, this new Ratmansky Whipped Cream has great possibilities with Mark Ryden designing. Here are a few we might consider: Available for casting. Call agent: We should expect more wigs.…
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Vanity trumps personal responsibility again
It's like the guy who wants to race his powerful new sports car up the street past his neighbors' houses to demonstrate how he can fire it from 0 to 100 mph in 5…
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UIEX – observations 10-5
This whole idea of a Sarah Lane/Daniil Simkin Giselle has staggering potential – IF Simkin will portray Albrecht as an immature, self-absorbed cad who recklessly toys with Giselle's heart. It's been quite a while…