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NYCB serves up the goodies 2/4 & 2/5
Thank goodness these dancers deliver on weekends. How would we ever get along without our ballet Grubhub? Just open up the app on your phone and order up a crispy Firebird, a basket…
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NYCB – Fancy Free, Rondo, Solo, Episodes 1/31
Haglund stopped himself before he made the mistake of asking the young woman in front of him in the orchestra, "Did someone pay you to wear that obnoxious hat?" The baseball cap, pictured…
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NYCB’s second week of mixed results
The most incredible thing is that even though it's the Year of the Rabbit again — and again, and again, seemingly everywhere we go with choreographer Justin Peck's works — it really should be…
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observations 1/22
It was an extraordinary Saturday filled with memorable performances by New York City Ballet, but what is wrong with this composition? Twelve men principals to a mere six women principals?! Can management stop discounting…
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NYCB on fire 1/20
Tiler Peck's fabled Allegro Brillante was on display last night at NYCB. She and Roman Mejia gave a pristine and glorious performance. No complaints about Mejia’s lines last night. His arabesques were stretched…
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NYCB All Balanchine 1/18
NYCB continued to build steam on its second night of its wonderful All Balanchine program of Donizetti Variations, Haieff Divertimento, Valse-Fantaisie, and Stravinsky Violin Concerto. Cast changes revealed a new spectrum of principal…