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observations 2-8
It sure is good news to our ears that NYCB will include Symphony in C during its residency at SPAC this summer. That bodes well for the fall season. The SPAC season is creating…
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New York City Ballet 2/2 & 2/3 evening
During the second week of its winter season, NYCB soldiered on but with a few bruises that require bandages. Most of the leading dancers of the company have held their chins high and are…
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observations 2-2
Today both Punxsutawney Phil and Potomac Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Staten Island Chuck claimed that spring is right around the corner. Ya don't even know which groundhog to believe any more.…
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New York City Ballet
Chaconne shines a light on a few things 1/30New York City Ballet’s winter season continued into its second week with the All Balanchine Program that included changes in cast. Here we were again in iconic Farrelldom enjoying the poetic, musical geometry of…
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New York City Ballet
All Balanchine 1/24 plus Spectral Evidence 1/25The second evening of the Winter Season and the second All Balanchine program included a wonderful sampling of his repertory but, unfortunately, some strained performances. Divertimento No. 15, set to most of Mozart’s composition…
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New York City Ballet 1/23
Apollo, Mozartiana, Cortège HongroisMaria Kowroski has been New York City Ballet's pure-silver superconductor of Balanchine’s electrlc current for quite some time now. It flows through her limbs, torso, and expression with zero resistance as if it could…