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observations 2/9
Just an update to Haglund's post on 1/25 in which he observed that NYCB's website repertory index excluded Jewels and instead listed Diamonds, Emeralds, and Rubies as separate ballets which seemed to him to…
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NYCB 2/7
Art Night @ Club BallétThe beat of the music on the promenade was thumping away like the best music you’ve ever heard in a hair salon. The drinks were flowing – with no observable carding going on –…
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NYCB – 2/5 & 2/6
Haglund wants to encourage everyone to see the New Combinations program at NYCB. Three very distinct choreographic voices are there for the listening: one utterly predictable, one compelling in its invention and message, one…
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Coincidence not
Imagine Haglund’s dismay when he saw some of the content from his review of NYCB’s January 31st performance tucked into passages of Marina Harss’ later and much longer review of the same performance which…
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Liam Scarlett’s Acheron for NYCB
Teetering on the edge of brilliant – 1/31Liam Scarlett’s first work for New York City Ballet, Acheron, which premiered last night, revealed a thinking choreographer, passionate about music and atmosphere, who has an interest in the hostilities and emotional conflicts that…
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Details on the closing of BIG Cinemas on E. 59th
BIG Cinemas, which is part of the huge Indian conglomerate Reliance MediaWorks and had leased the cinema at 239 E. 59th Street in Manhattan to showcase its Bollywood films, walked out of Manhattan last…