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observations 8-23
Marcelo and Stella Abrera will be guests of The Washington Ballet during the company's September performances. –––––––––––––––––––– Haglund finally received his NYCB subscription tickets. Tucked into the packet was a delightful buck slip which…
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A little good news
ABT can't seem to get its casting published for the diminishing fall season on the George Balanchine Stage at Lincoln Center. However, it has announced the December Nutcracker casting at the Segerstrom Center in…
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Sarasota Ballet @ the Joyce Theater
Two doves, a cat, a mouse, and MarceloWho could blame the dove for homing in on Marcelo Gomes’ shoulder and clinging to it instead of obediently flying to its perch during the concluding moments of last night’s tender pas de deux…
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From the Dept of Ballet and Politics Intersect
Diana Vishneva’s Sleeping Beauty Dreams set for
Miami and NY’s Beacon Theatre in DecemberLike many balletomanes, Haglund has long felt that when treasured ballerinas retire from ballet and journey off to try to extend their time under the spotlight by engaging in angst & yank riff-raffography, they…
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observations 8-3
In what seems to be the final media piece on the Большой балет competition in Moscow where Skylar Brandt was the non-competing partner of Julian MacKay, we noted the following: Beginning around 2:13 we…
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observations 8-2
It will be 3 X 2 Pigeons for Marcelo Gomes when Sarasota Ballet comes to the Joyce Theater later this month. The Joyce and Sarasota Ballet have changed the Sunday, August 19 2pm performance…