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observations 10/7
There's a new brief clip for the NYCB/AOL "television" program citi.ballet that was uploaded this morning at on.aol.com. It's about pointe shoes, which is fine, but Haglund hopes that the dancers will learn to…
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NYCB 10/5 Matinee
Leggz Kowroski’s Swords of SexSo much to talk about, so little time. Haglund's got to spend the rest of the weekend revving up his new iPhone that came yesterday. Seriously, when you register your prints on the home…
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Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire
stuns New Orleans with its brilliance"That, drama fans, is how you perform Tennessee Williams in toe shoes; how you capture one of the great emblematic characters of American theater without uttering a word." That's from today's Times-Picayune in response…
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NYCB 10/3
Soirée Musicale, Spectral Evidence, NamounaThe brilliant, self-described anarchist John Cage created a large body of musical compositions that Haglund isn't much interested in listening to when he winds up his old Victrola. Thank goodness there are people like…
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Bolshoi coming to SPAC next summer
Wow. The plan is for four performances of Don Quixote – complete with an 80 member orchestra – from July 30th to August 1st, according to the Schenectady Gazette and the Albany Times Union.…
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Because we need some good news . . .
Thanks much to Jose who just dropped in the basket this tip that he found over on the Balletco forum. Sarah Lane will dance Odette/Odile with the Rome Opera Ballet which presents Patrice Bart's…