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observations 8/30
Here is our own Maria Riccetto as Kitri in Julio Bocca's Ballet Nacional Sodre's production of Don Quijote which premiered last night in Montevideo, Uruguay. More than 18,000 tickets have been sold to this…
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Paul Taylor @ Lincoln Center 2015 – live music, Limon, Shen Wei, and much more
This coming March marks the inaugural season of the revamped Paul Taylor Dance Company, and it looks to be pretty exciting. Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance will take up residence at Lincoln Center for…
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NYCB – It’s time to bring on the chicks
One month from today, New York City Ballet opens the Fall Season of what is sure to be an extraordinary year. The programing philosophy is a good one this fall: test out all of…
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observations 8/22
No live snakes for Gillian. Later this year when Gillian Murphy dances in Australian Ballet's new production of La Bayadere staged by Houston Ballet's Stanton Welch, she'll have to do it without the live…
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observations 8/16
The good news is that memberships in the 4th Ring Society aka Society NYCB will be renewed again this year. Our members, mostly old geezers and geezerettes on fixed incomes who have been hobbling…
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The fat truth about the skinny in ballet
Every year in early November, the level of cranky among NYCers increases as about 50,000 really, really, really skinny people descend on the city to run in the New York City Marathon. Thousands of…