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Go see SMASH!
As we wait for ABT’s single tickets to hit the shelves on April 7th, NYCB’s first week of spring casting which is due around April 8th, and the NYCB ’25-’26 season which should…
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NYCB 2/27
New swan, new hopeNot many people know that the Iowa River which runs through the middle of the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City has long been home to a population of trumpeter swans. Most…
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NYCB 2/19
Swan Lake — the funnies versionBlondie & Dagwood, Marmaduke, Little Orphan Annie, L’il Abner, Barney Google — just a few of the colorful Sunday funnies that came to mind during the opening Swan Lake performance. We don’t often…
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NYCB 2/5
NYCB celebrates Maria TallchiefBesides all the blissfully clear dancing in the performances of Scotch Symphony, Sylvia: Pas de Deux, and Firebird, all of which Balanchine created for Maria Tallchief, one other thing was crystal clear: he…
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NYCB 2/6
Paquita 2.0New York City Ballet is known for stripping down classics to their essential elements and compressing them for their always-on-the-go audience who only has so much time it can devote to going to…
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NYCB 1/29
New Combinations program not very new at allWhile watching the strange little promo of Justin Peck’s new dance which was running on the screens in the theater lobby, we were reminded how his sloppy hunched-over shoulders, shuffling feet, and hanging-open…