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NYCB – Jeux by Kim Brandstrup 10/8
Now, this was a little more like it. Full concept, robust theater, stunning costumes, some okay steps. It could have used an airplane crash somewhere in it, probably. When Nijinsky created his own Jeux…
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observations 10-6
The 32-member Columbia Classical Ballet completely lost its home in the 1,000 year flood that hit South Carolina last week. Artistic Director Radenko Pavlovich told NPR that the facility was a total loss and…
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Ballet Tech – numerators & denominators
Congratulations to Eliot Feld's Ballet Tech NYC Public School for Dance whose 4th Graders shown brightly in the latest round of New York State standardized English and Math testing. Of 743 city elementary schools…
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NYCB 10/2 – Split decision
When Balanchine was still alive and in the several years following his death, it was pretty much universally agreed that people didn’t care for most of the choreography by Peter Martins. Some were even…
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NYCB – Gala 9/30
First some atmosphere from last night. It seems that there was a little bit of a South Pacific theme in play: Over the past few seasons we have learned to manage our expectations…
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World Ballet Day has started
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