Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB 2/5 – Cussed by beauty
Oh, wait. That should probably have been kissed by beauty. Please forgive the error, but yesterday was a day of nonstop cussing. Every time the CNN webpage updated, it caused more cussing. Cussing, cussing,…
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NYCB 1/30/2020
Please refrain from talking during the performanceNYCB may as well rename the New Combinations program the Red Ink program, because that’s all it will contribute to the company if it continues on this path. Here was a night of a…
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observations 1/30
Having difficulty deciding whether to take extra fiber capsules in order to get through tonight's premiere or perhaps it's better to forgo them all together. Last night, Ask la Cour signed off on Firebird…
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NYCB – first week trials
The rest of NYCB’s first week concluded without any further impeachable behavior. Oh, there were a few violations, but nothing that we could say warranted bringing the gavel down with an angry bang. We…
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1/21 & 1/22
NYCB opens with a whimper, not a bangNYCB got off to a somewhat insignificant start to its Winter Season. There was no anthematic Serenade to open the gates of Balanchine. Rather, there was a mostly forgotten, mostly unimportant but for its…
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observations 1/21
Big opening day today. NYCB opens its winter season. Impeachment trial opens in DC. Counsels for NYCB, SAB, Finlay, Ramasar, Catazaro, and Longhitano finally get to argue in court their motions to dismiss the…
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observations 1/14
Today Haglund encountered a huge flock of swans hiking west down W. 62nd St after rehearsal. The Shanghai Ballet opens its Swan Lake on 1/17 at Lincoln Center. We'll be there for the Friday…
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observations 1/8
Since we've missed every single Jeopardy clue so far tonight, let's take a break and talk ballet. The Bolshoi Ballet casting for the 1/26 cinemacast of Ratmansky's new staging of Giselle has been announced…
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NYCB – Resting on Nutcracker
New York City Ballet’s 2019 Nutcracker season wasn’t exactly a disaster. Day-old bread isn’t a disaster either; it’s edible. While dancers complained about hearing the music for the Sugar Plum Fairy over and over…
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observations 12/27
NYCB is continuing to offer tickets through TDF, although they appear to be in very limited batches. Within the hour, they loaded up the 12/30 matinee in which Lauren King and Daniel Applebaum will…
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NYCB Nutcracker 12/5
It may not be a good sign for a ballet performance when the activation of the scenery becomes the highlight. Last evening’s performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at NYCB delivered the ever brilliant…
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observations 11/24
Like, not much has been going on – in terms of ballet, that is. A couple of cinema screenings are on the horizon: The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker featuring Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, Francesca Hayward,…
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observations 10/16
The oral arguments in the lawsuit Waterbury vs. NYCB, SAB, Longhitano, Finlay, Catazaro & Ramasar have been further postponed to January 21, 2020. It seems that they had been postponed to November 7th without…
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NYCB – A tipsy close to the Fall Season
Did the dancers of Sunday's finale enjoy drinks before closing down the office with Symphony in C? Oy. Ashley Bouder and Joseph Gordon leading the First Movement were nothing but business as they stapled down every…
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NYCB’s Week 3 – Full of starlight
Perhaps our strange compulsion to pick up and buy all things plaid will subside now that Union Jack has been stored away for the season. What a terrific run it was for this old…