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Yeah for Blaine
It is Grrrrreat news to see on ABT's calendar that Blaine Hoven will dance the role of Aminta in Sylvia on the evening of May 11th. We hope that he takes over the stage…
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NYCB 2/26 & 2/27 eve
Endless restless legsIf the New York City Ballet dancers were to line up while sitting in second position splits – pointed toe touching pointed toe – their combined legs would almost be as long as the…
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NYCB 2/25 – Episodes, Agon, 4Ts
Wednesday evening’s New York City Ballet program featured three ballets from Balanchine’s Black & White anthology in reverse chronological order. For some reason, the Playbill didn't make note of or explain the concept of…
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Sylph Wrap
On Thursday night, La Sylphide ascended into the heavens for the last time this season with a more than respectable performance by Megan Fairchild, new to the role this season, and Gonzalo Garcia. Megan…
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NYCB – La Sylphide Saturday and Sunday evenings
When New York City Ballet announced in 2014 that it would import its first 19th Century story ballet, Bournonville’s La Sylphide, there were cries among some of the long-faithful that the company was meandering…
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NYCB 2/12 – La Sylphide, Tsch Piano Concerto No. 2
This week Haglund hopped on the M-11 bus and rode down to the West Village to visit the Derek Zoolander Center for People Who Don’t Age Good, a temporary pop-up shop at the corner…