Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB Fall Gala 9/20
There is only now… just a little too gimmicky and out-of-context for NYCB's marketing department to use to promote new and often not great choreography. They can do better than that. There is only now. There was…
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observations 9-8
Just 10 days until the start of NYCB's fall season. The opening night gala is sure to be an interesting one with four premieres including three by the company's own dancers (Lovette, Walker, Peck)…
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observations 8-30
We've got everything in Manhattan including a brand new sink hole on the Upper West Side. That's right, a sink hole has developed in the middle of Manhattan as the result of flooding from…
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observations 8-29
Erica Cornejo will retire from Boston Ballet this coming season. Her final performances will be as Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty in May. Boy oh boy, doesn't that news make the bones feel old.…
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observations 8-22
[Whimper Alert] The daily chore of downloading and clipping coupons off the AARP website would feel less burdensome and depressing if occasionally a coupon from New York City Ballet would pop up under Today’s…
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A passing
New York City Ballet's Chairman of the Board, Jay Fishman, died today from ALS – "Lou Gehrig's Disease." He was 63. At the company's Spring Gala last May, Fishman was honored for his leadership…
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observations 8-14
ABT soloist Devon Teuscher is dancing the Black Swan PdD (with the 32 fouettes) three times in three days with Marcelo Gomes' tour group in Manaus that includes Gillian Murphy, Stella Abrera, Hee Seo,…
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observations 6-3
Today's Houston Chronicle includes an informative write-up about Houston Ballet's new Giselle which premieres next week with Yuriko Kajiya in the title role opposite Connor Walsh. This quote should be of interest: Welch has…
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NYCB 5/22 – There’s no better way to spend a Sunday
With impeccable style and a first rate performance, Craig Hall bowed for the last time in front of his New York audience on Sunday. Following the company’s Paris and Saratoga tours, he will become…
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Congratulations Taylor Stanley
What great news that New York City Ballet has once again fully recognized one of its most talented, interesting, and deserving dancers with a promotion to Principal. Prior to his last minute substitution in…
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observations 5/8
According to Uruguay's El Pais and a 2014 culture consumption survey, 1 in 9 Uruguayans attended a ballet performance, 1 in 12 attended a folk dance performance, 1 in 18 attended a modern dance…
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NYCB 5/6 Flying, flying by the seat of their pants, soaring
Last night at New York City Ballet, the dancers in Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes seemed to be navigating the winds mostly on instinct and observation. The final waltz from Der Rosenkavalier had fifty dancers on…
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NYCB – Spring Gala 5/4
New York City Ballet’s 2016 Spring Gala last night at Lincoln Center honored Board Chairman Jay Fishman who now battles advanced ALS. Mr. Fishman attended and sat in the front row of the First…
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observations 5/4
We could not be more excited about the 5th week casting at NYCB. Lauren King debuts in the lead of Western Symphony opposite Chase Finlay (also debuting) on Thursday, May 19th. Brittany Pollock also…
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NYCB 5/1 – Jewels
Some of the tender azaleas in Damrosch Park next to New York City Ballet’s theater are beginning to tucker out after throwing beautiful blooms in their brief debut season. That’s okay. They’ll spend the…