Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB – stars rising
Interim leader Jon Stafford announced this afternoon that Joseph Gordon has been promoted to principal dancer and that Daniel Applebaum, Harrison Coll, Claire Kretzschmar, Aaron Sanz, Sebastian Villarini-Velez and Peter Walker have been promoted…
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NYCB 10/10 – Getting back to big house ballet
New York City Ballet returned to “big house ballet” on Wednesday evening. The large (paying) crowd was enthusiastic about the program’s three masterpieces: Balanchine’s Prodigal Son sandwiched between Robbins’ Fancy Free and West Side…
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NYCB Sat 9/29 Mat & Eve
Huxley in La Sylphide – As if to the manner bornOn Saturday evening, Anthony Huxley returned to the role of James in La Sylphide, which in 2015 vaulted him to his appointment as principal dancer along with his partner at the time, Lauren Lovette.…
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Like a lame Carson joke
How bad was it?!It was so bad that the Citizen App on Haglund's phone sent him an alert that a crime was in process at Lincoln Center. Twice. We are, of course, talking about New York City…
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NYCB All Balanchine thru 9/26
Notorious GBGeorge Balanchine’s great company, which he founded and which was subsequently nurtured by his handpicked successor Peter Martins to become the most extraordinary ballet company in the world, continues on its blazing path under…
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NYCB 9/19 & 9/20
So many jewels, so little timeNew York City Ballet waltzed out wearing more new bling on Wednesday night. Taylor Stanley brought exceptional grace and pristine line to his Emeralds debut opposite an enchanting Tiler Peck. Unity Phelan, debuting…
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NYCB 9/18
PowerliftingNew York City Ballet’s fall season opened with Balanchine's Jewels which was masterfully led by the company’s long respected senior veterans. Their calm and focus never wavered throughout the evening. Only during a few…
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New York City Ballet
The MLB Season officially opens tomorrow!Let's go let's go let's go, People. Dancers – Rise above the banshee wailing of obnoxious tribalists and their political maneuvering. Dance your feet off! Audience – Rise above the banshee wailing of obnoxious…
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NYCB terminates Catazaro and Ramasar
Email from Jon Stafford and Katherine Brown: In a previous communication from New York City Ballet, you learned that the Company recently undertook an internal investigation that determined that Zachary Catazaro, Chase Finlay, and…
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observations 9-9
How unfortunate that Ashley Bouder has taken aim at Jon Stafford, the Interim Artistic Team Leader who was handed one big mess to work through and has managed to keep the artistic levels of…
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53 is the new 30
Joaquin de Luz may be retiring this fall at age 42, but perhaps this video will spur him on to keep practicing every day. Here is 53-year-old Gen Horiuchi, former NYCB principal & Oberon…
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Look at it this way…
[Wrapping the H.H. Speculation Spectacles around the ears.] Whoever these three guys may have told to fuck off probably deserved it. Not one of the three is a jerk. Not one of…
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observations 8-23
Marcelo and Stella Abrera will be guests of The Washington Ballet during the company's September performances. –––––––––––––––––––– Haglund finally received his NYCB subscription tickets. Tucked into the packet was a delightful buck slip which…
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observations 6-28
Marcelo Gomes will return as guest artist at Sarasota Ballet for the upcoming season, the company just announced. In addition to his appearance with the company in Ashton's The Two Pigeons at the Joyce…
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NY City Center announces programming for
Balanchine: The City Center Years
and it looks grandBalanchine – Program I Miami City Ballet Serenade (Tschaikovsky) The Mariinsky Ballet Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (Tschaikovsky) The Royal Ballet Tarantella (Gottschalk) New York City Ballet Symphony in C (Bizet) Wed Oct 31 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––…