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NYCB Swan Lake 9/26
Less is moreWhat totally surprising, totally terrific debuts in Swan Lake last night by Megan Fairchild and Gonzalo Garcia. Gone were the excessive arm flapping, angst, and cat-howling of other NYCB Odettes. Gone was the deer-in-the-headlights…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/22
Off the Siegfried SchneidWatching someone else’s dreams come true can make your own heart go all puddly-messy. And so it was last evening when Zachary Catazaro finally got to dance the role of Prince Siegfried in Peter…
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Houston Ballet
Mayerling gets set for some Texas-sized insanityPossibly the most important ballet event of the 2017-2018 season in all of North America will be celebrated tonight in storm-ravaged Houston – and, almost unbelievably, Haglund won't be there. It's true, Hurricane Harvey…
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observations 9-21
Thanks to the keen-eyed Haglund'eeler Silvie who let us know that Maria Kochetkova is gone from ABT's website. A rare moment of common sense surfaces at ABT…
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observations 9-11
Saddened but not surprised to hear that Robert Fairchild will leave New York City Ballet in a month. His final performances will be October 14th and 15th in Duo Concertant opposite Sterling Hyltin. BUT…
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observation 9-8
What interesting conflicting impressions we're reading about Daniil Simkin's departure for Staatballett Berlin. First, congratulations to him. Even though we don't know the details yet, we do know that he has plenty of artistic…