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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…
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Nutcracker road rage
Of course it was the Nutcracker who ballooned out of control during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade today. His handlers had their hands full–more than full. Nutzo wanted to go into Central Park and…
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observations 11/24
Like, not much has been going on – in terms of ballet, that is. A couple of cinema screenings are on the horizon: The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker featuring Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, Francesca Hayward,…