ballet blog with occasional diversions

  • Simply stunning

    https://d3ss7t324mvief.cloudfront.net/res/2018%20Sleeping%20Beauty%20Background.mp4 and with audio: https://www.facebook.com/sfballet/videos/10155685529236293/ Five years after her startlingly brilliant debut as Princess Aurora in Peter Martins' gorgeous Sleeping Beauty at New York City Ballet, Ana Sophia Scheller will again dance the title…

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  • observations 1-19

    Much support from H.H. goes out to ABT's dancers and stage managers who have authorized a strike in the event that AGMA contract negotiations do not come to a satisfactory resolution soon. We reported…

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  • observations 1-9

    Loved getting another ABT brochure in the mail today with photos of Marcelo Gomes and his performance dates listed for the spring season — this one's a keeper. Natalia "This Met stage isn't big…

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  • NYCB jungle
    Monkey business

      Makumba (who is keeping her weight a secret, thank you) is a little tired of being ignored.   Makumba grunts,   “But what about all the women who are happy that they screwed…

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  • New York City Ballet
    Peter Martins resigns

    Thank goodness Haglund withheld his year-end contribution from NYCB. Things could slide downhill fast. Sterling Hyltin indicated it has been upsetting to see former dancers trying to speak to the press on behalf of…

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  • 2017, an odd year

    Odd and ugly.   Let's hope that 2018 brings evenness to our breathing again and an improved ability to handle the hysteria whipped up by the media’s hyperbolic reporting to generate online clicks and…

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