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Veronika is leaving
Sadly, the UIEX was right last January. Veronika Part is leaving ABT. But why the stark difference in Kevin McKenzie’s treatment of the departures of two admired and loved ballerinas who had nearly…
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observations 1969 – 2001 NYT on Cranko’s Onegin
As they are fond of saying elsewhere, here is a condensed and edited version of The New York Times’s critical opinion of Cranko’s Onegin. All quotes are from reviews by Anna Kisselgoff. What the…
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ABT Onegin Vishneva Farewell
So this happened tonight6-23-17 from Haglund's Heel on Vimeo.
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ABT Onegin 6/21 mat & 6/22
They really need to re-open the bars in the opera house at the end of these Onegin performances. Who didn’t need a drink after the Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening performances during which our…
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ABT 6/19
Onegin – passion perfectIn a perfect world, a renowned Russian choreographer would have long ago tackled this extraordinary literary work by Alexander Pushkin that has had such a deep and lasting influence on the development of Russian…
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ABT Swan Lake 6/15
Truths revealedIt’s been that kind of spring. At long last, truths that many of us have known and chanted about for quite a while have been confirmed in live testimony. We’re not talking about Russian…