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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…
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A Massive Congratulations to Miriam Miller
on her promotion to principal dancer at NYCB. We knew this outcome would take a good amount of time to be realized, and we fretted over whether the pandemic would stall or kill her…
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NYCB 1/24
Danses Concertantes, The Cage, Concertino,
Stravinsky Violin ConcertoDuring the second week of New York City Ballet’s Winter Season, the company presented masterpieces by Balanchine and Robbins and a couple of filler pieces with qualities that compensated for less rewarding choreography.…