Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB – Slapsticks and finger-pointing
Last week left Haglund with a percussion concussion. The relentless advancing cadence of the drums in Balanchine’s Union Jack and the cacophonous cymbal-crashing, drum-beating advocacy in Lauren Lovette’s new The Shaded Line all gave…
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Calm is her super power
Sitting through the shimmer and glimmer of five performances of Jewels last week was certainly worth the increased posterior spread. And we wouldn’t have missed the first performances of Raymonda Variations or Variations Pour une…
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NYCB Opening Night 9/17
NYCB arrives adorned with JewelsIt felt like a gala last night, didn’t it? The lobby and promenade crackled with excitement from the high-powered patrons, high-voltage balletomanes, high-heeled junior bunheads, and the high-fives among friends “Good to see…
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observations 9/8
This morning NYCB introduced its new podcasts with fabulous content. http://podcast.nycballet.com/welcome-to-city-ballet-the-podcast http://podcast.nycballet.com/hear-the-dance-a-history-of-new-york-city-ballet-part-1 http://podcast.nycballet.com/hear-the-dance-a-history-of-new-york-city-ballet-part-2
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observations 9/3
Here we go… NYCB's fall season opens in two weeks, and the first week of casting has been announced. Fabulous Jewels casting all around with a new Tall Girl strutting to the center on…
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observations 7/12
Well, this takes the cake. Today is the due date for Plaintiff Waterbury's counsel's replies to the defendants' motions to dismiss. So far only a response to Jared Longhitano's motion has been filed. The…
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NYCB – There is no such thing as too much.
New York City Ballet has been accused of a lot of things lately, but the only thing it’s guilty of is talent hoarding. This excessive, unapologetic displaying of the talent pool drives this balletomane…
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NYCB 5/18 matinee
An interesting and heartwarming afternoon at the balletFor the record, there were three NYT dance critics in attendance at this matinee. Unfortunately, Gia Kourlas discovered a need to leave at intermission following the standing ovation and cheering that Amar Ramasar received…
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NYCB 5/15 – Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet & Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
Emily Kikta came flying out of the wing with her four wingmen desperately trying to keep up with her. Holy Moly, talk about taking over the stage; talk about a high octane performance that…
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NYCB 5/3 – Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,
Barber Violin Concerto, DiamondsThe red azaleas in Damrosch Park are showing off again. They seem to think they’re the prime act at Lincoln Center – oblivious to the competition next door where on Friday night blooms burst…
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NYCB All Balanchine 4/30 & Spring Gala 5/2
Sometimes nonsense is so prettily and poetically marketed that people don’t question it. Take for instance, “New work is the lifeblood of the company” – all pure nonsense. The lifeblood of New York…
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NYCB Spring Season Week 1
Limping along without BalanchineFrom an audience’s perspective, it’s hard to imagine there could be any upside to Tiler Peck having to cancel a bunch of performances due to injury. Like, come on, the Koch Theater may as…
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It’s a Good Friday
Clarification from Zachary CatazaroFull text: Please see below in reference to my reinstatement as Principal Dancer at NYC Ballet….. thanks to everyone who helped me along the way ❤️“I am grateful and relieved that the arbitrator has…
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Food for thought
From Soup to NutsThese are Campbell's tomato and chicken noodle soups in 1948, the year that New York City Ballet was founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. These are Campbell's tomato and chicken noodle soups 71…
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NYCB winter season blahs are behind us
New York City Ballet’s Winter Season ended yesterday with a whimper rather than with a Balanchine bang – the type of bang that makes you wish the season had not ended and makes you…