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NYCB’s Week 3 – Full of starlight
Perhaps our strange compulsion to pick up and buy all things plaid will subside now that Union Jack has been stored away for the season. What a terrific run it was for this old…
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observations 10/4
Tickets for ABT's fall season at the Koch Theater have been on Goldstar for quite some time. ($25-54) There's no suggestion of a bogus, obnoxious Costume Fee like the one they've loaded onto the…
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NYCB – Slapsticks and finger-pointing
Last week left Haglund with a percussion concussion. The relentless advancing cadence of the drums in Balanchine’s Union Jack and the cacophonous cymbal-crashing, drum-beating advocacy in Lauren Lovette’s new The Shaded Line all gave…
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Calm is her super power
Sitting through the shimmer and glimmer of five performances of Jewels last week was certainly worth the increased posterior spread. And we wouldn’t have missed the first performances of Raymonda Variations or Variations Pour une…
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NYCB Opening Night 9/17
NYCB arrives adorned with JewelsIt felt like a gala last night, didn’t it? The lobby and promenade crackled with excitement from the high-powered patrons, high-voltage balletomanes, high-heeled junior bunheads, and the high-fives among friends “Good to see…
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observations 9/8
This morning NYCB introduced its new podcasts with fabulous content. http://podcast.nycballet.com/welcome-to-city-ballet-the-podcast http://podcast.nycballet.com/hear-the-dance-a-history-of-new-york-city-ballet-part-1 http://podcast.nycballet.com/hear-the-dance-a-history-of-new-york-city-ballet-part-2