Category: New York City Ballet
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Renegade ballerina
Here is the NYCB Rubies corps de ballet rehearsing today outside next to the theater. Everything was going splendidly until all of a sudden one ballerina went a little crazy and "pinked out" in…
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NYCB 4/23 Eve
Jewels – so much more than accoutrementPerformance photos are prohibited at NYCB, but we couldn’t resist snapping a pic of the Rubies Corps de Ballet warming up next to the theater prior to last night’s performance of Jewels. Look at…
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NYCB 4/22 – The Greening of Ballet
Yesterday was Earth Day. Spawned in 1970 during a time of energy shortages and high pollution, Earth Day became a way for enlightened citizens of all ages to collectively demonstrate a commitment to support,…
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observations 4/6
What a busy week on the blog! NYCB has posted the first week of casting, and there is much to look forward to including Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Tiler Peck and Rebecca Krohn…
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observations 3/25
Well, this made Haglund's day. NYC Center.
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NYCB 2/25 – Episodes, Agon, 4Ts
Wednesday evening’s New York City Ballet program featured three ballets from Balanchine’s Black & White anthology in reverse chronological order. For some reason, the Playbill didn't make note of or explain the concept of…
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Sylph Wrap
On Thursday night, La Sylphide ascended into the heavens for the last time this season with a more than respectable performance by Megan Fairchild, new to the role this season, and Gonzalo Garcia. Megan…
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NYCB – La Sylphide Saturday and Sunday evenings
When New York City Ballet announced in 2014 that it would import its first 19th Century story ballet, Bournonville’s La Sylphide, there were cries among some of the long-faithful that the company was meandering…
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NYCB 2/12 – La Sylphide, Tsch Piano Concerto No. 2
This week Haglund hopped on the M-11 bus and rode down to the West Village to visit the Derek Zoolander Center for People Who Don’t Age Good, a temporary pop-up shop at the corner…
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NYCB Art Night – not exactly incredible
The first Art Night of the 2016 season brought out an enthusiastic crowd of hip newcomers to New York City Ballet. As soon as one walked through the double doors of the theater, you…
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observations 2-2
Punxsutawney Phil said it best this morning, “Shadow, shmadow. Let’s get on with planning the spring planting and primaries. The rest of the winter is going to be hot, hot, hot.” Then he bit…
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NYCB 1/28
Barber Violin Concerto, Fancy Free, Who Cares?Finally, New York City Ballet corpsman Joseph Gordon is old enough to walk into a bar for a beer. Though he still retains a youthful hint of Opie Taylor in the eyes and cheeks,…
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NYCB – Whip it, baby 1/26
New York City Ballet could make hundreds of thousands of dollars by hooking up with Proctor & Gamble for a Pantene Shampoo brand that features the finale of Walpurgisnacht Ballet in a commercial. The…
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NYCB – Liebeslieder Walzer, Glass Pieces 1/20
On Wednesday night no fewer than eight dancers debuted in two long established ballets in the repertoire and all brought freshness and individuality to their roles. Balanchine’s Liebeslieder Walzer premiered 55 years ago with…