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observations 1/10
Oh my goodness, this is good news. Eric Tamm is back. Happy New Year! Five years ago Tamm and Luis Ribagorda walked out of ABT after having had enough of watching McKenzie wipe the…
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observations 1/8
Since we've missed every single Jeopardy clue so far tonight, let's take a break and talk ballet. The Bolshoi Ballet casting for the 1/26 cinemacast of Ratmansky's new staging of Giselle has been announced…
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NYCB – Resting on Nutcracker
New York City Ballet’s 2019 Nutcracker season wasn’t exactly a disaster. Day-old bread isn’t a disaster either; it’s edible. While dancers complained about hearing the music for the Sugar Plum Fairy over and over…
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observations 12/27
NYCB is continuing to offer tickets through TDF, although they appear to be in very limited batches. Within the hour, they loaded up the 12/30 matinee in which Lauren King and Daniel Applebaum will…
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Merry Christmas from Haglund’s Heel
Sometimes we have to look deep within the branches of our being to understand the importance of making our effort a collective one.
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NYCB Nutcracker 12/5
It may not be a good sign for a ballet performance when the activation of the scenery becomes the highlight. Last evening’s performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at NYCB delivered the ever brilliant…