Category: New York City Ballet
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New York City Ballet
All Balanchine 1/24 plus Spectral Evidence 1/25The second evening of the Winter Season and the second All Balanchine program included a wonderful sampling of his repertory but, unfortunately, some strained performances. Divertimento No. 15, set to most of Mozart’s composition…
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New York City Ballet 1/23
Apollo, Mozartiana, Cortège HongroisMaria Kowroski has been New York City Ballet's pure-silver superconductor of Balanchine’s electrlc current for quite some time now. It flows through her limbs, torso, and expression with zero resistance as if it could…
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observations 1-19
Much support from H.H. goes out to ABT's dancers and stage managers who have authorized a strike in the event that AGMA contract negotiations do not come to a satisfactory resolution soon. We reported…
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observations 1-9
Loved getting another ABT brochure in the mail today with photos of Marcelo Gomes and his performance dates listed for the spring season — this one's a keeper. Natalia "This Met stage isn't big…
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NYCB jungle
Monkey businessMakumba (who is keeping her weight a secret, thank you) is a little tired of being ignored. Makumba grunts, “But what about all the women who are happy that they screwed…
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New York City Ballet
Peter Martins resignsThank goodness Haglund withheld his year-end contribution from NYCB. Things could slide downhill fast. Sterling Hyltin indicated it has been upsetting to see former dancers trying to speak to the press on behalf of…
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2017, an odd year
Odd and ugly. Let's hope that 2018 brings evenness to our breathing again and an improved ability to handle the hysteria whipped up by the media’s hyperbolic reporting to generate online clicks and…
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NYT trips over its own Holy double standard
“[Glenn Thrush] behaved in ways that we do not condone.” “While we believe that Glenn has acted offensively, we have decided that he does not deserve to be fired,” sang The New York Times…
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NYCB Nutcracker 12/12
Haglund is very excited about seeing next week's first performance of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein by the Ensemble for the Romantic Century on the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center at 42nd…
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Royal New Zealand Ballet hits back at former dancer’s claims of abuse
Well, gall dang, a ballet company finally stood up to a disgruntled former dancer's claim of "abuse". Yeah, it happened on the other side of the world, but hey, that's a start. To a…
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It’s enough to turn a person into a Republican
Now the New York Times has uncovered five people who claim they were either physically or verbally abused by Peter Martins, and the chief dance critic has taken time out from admiring little children's…
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Stay calm and carry on
So the wife of the man who has been making frequent trips to Manhattan from Seattle to make hokey presentations in order to position himself as a contender to replace Peter Martins when he…
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observations 11-29
Ballet Nacional del Sodre has finally named a replacement for Julio Bocca. Igor Yebra, a member of the generation of startlingly good dancers from the Victor Ullate School in Spain that produced Angel Corella,…
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observations 10-24
Haglund has never seen a Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema screening so packed as it was Sunday afternoon for Le Corsaire. Every seat was taken and people were standing along the sides and a few…
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It always ends in confetti
Robert Fairchild signs off the season and signs off his NYCB career. Looking forward to the next brilliant chapters of his story. It always ends in confetti from Haglund's Heel on Vimeo.