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Reminder –
Prix de Lausanne finals livestreamed SaturdayStarts at 9:00 am Eastern time; 3:00 pm Lausanne time – tomorrow. The jury includes Julio Bocca, Jan Broeckx, Lucinda Dunn, Viviana Durante, Marcelo Gomes, Luca Masala, Elisabeth Platel, Nikolai Tsiskaridze and Ruheng Zhao. Just seeing the names Viviana Durante…
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Millepied is (French) toast
Benjamin Millepied has resigned, been removed, been relieved, been accommodated, whatever, from his position at the Paris Opera Ballet. All of the players will put the best face on this situation, but the reality…
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NYCB Art Night – not exactly incredible
The first Art Night of the 2016 season brought out an enthusiastic crowd of hip newcomers to New York City Ballet. As soon as one walked through the double doors of the theater, you…
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observations 2-2
Punxsutawney Phil said it best this morning, “Shadow, shmadow. Let’s get on with planning the spring planting and primaries. The rest of the winter is going to be hot, hot, hot.” Then he bit…
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NYCB 1/28
Barber Violin Concerto, Fancy Free, Who Cares?Finally, New York City Ballet corpsman Joseph Gordon is old enough to walk into a bar for a beer. Though he still retains a youthful hint of Opie Taylor in the eyes and cheeks,…
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NYCB – Whip it, baby 1/26
New York City Ballet could make hundreds of thousands of dollars by hooking up with Proctor & Gamble for a Pantene Shampoo brand that features the finale of Walpurgisnacht Ballet in a commercial. The…