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Letter to HaglundHi Haglund, I still can't believe it but I was able to make it to Sarah's Black Swan last night. After a long day at work, I took a short nap and woke up…
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ABT Swan Lake 6/26 mat
Prince of PreparationDescribing Wednesday’s matinee performance of Siegfried in Swan Lake as a fully thought through and immaculately danced debut would not begin to be fair to 20-year-old Aran Bell. He was a smashing success. His…
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Black Swan drama at the Met
Actually, Haglund recalls a matinee in Minneapolis in the 1980s when Barynshikov put Jolinda Menendez in as Odette and Yoko Ochino as Odile. That was one bizarre performance. But sometimes bizarre things happen…
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observations 6/21
One of our favorite former ABT soloists, Jared Matthews, who this year has battled his way back to the stage after a serious illness, announced yesterday that he will be leaving Houston Ballet at…
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ABT – Manon 6/18
When 16-year-old Manon first stepped from her coach into the courtyard at the inn, she seemed overwhelmed by the size of her own hat — a round, huge-brimmed affair with long, showy ribbons tied…
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ABT 6/15 — More courageous dancing
Joo Won Ahn’s relationship with Le Corsaire is – shall we say – complicated. Actually that’s not quite accurate. Our relationship with Joo Won Ahn in Le Corsaire is what is complicated. It’s not…