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1/21 & 1/22
NYCB opens with a whimper, not a bangNYCB got off to a somewhat insignificant start to its Winter Season. There was no anthematic Serenade to open the gates of Balanchine. Rather, there was a mostly forgotten, mostly unimportant but for its…
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observations 1/21
Big opening day today. NYCB opens its winter season. Impeachment trial opens in DC. Counsels for NYCB, SAB, Finlay, Ramasar, Catazaro, and Longhitano finally get to argue in court their motions to dismiss the…
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Shanghai Ballet Swan Lake 1/17
Haglund and the ballet police sirened our ways to the Chinese Consulate on W. 42nd St. on the way home from the Shanghai Ballet’s Swan Lake Friday night to lodge a formal protest about…
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observations 1/14
Today Haglund encountered a huge flock of swans hiking west down W. 62nd St after rehearsal. The Shanghai Ballet opens its Swan Lake on 1/17 at Lincoln Center. We'll be there for the Friday…
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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…