Category: New York City Ballet
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observations 2/17
Chase Finlay returns to the team lineup during the last week of NYCB's Winter Season. He'll lace up a pair of comfy, supportive dress shoes to twirl the ladies around in Bal De Couture…
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All the evidence you need
Over on Vanity Fair, James Wolcott has nothing but praises for Angelin Preljocaj's Spectral Evidence at New York City Ballet: "Spectral Evidence," choreographed Angelin Preljocaj to music from John Cage–I can recommend not only…
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observations 2/9
Just an update to Haglund's post on 1/25 in which he observed that NYCB's website repertory index excluded Jewels and instead listed Diamonds, Emeralds, and Rubies as separate ballets which seemed to him to…
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NYCB 2/7
Art Night @ Club BallétThe beat of the music on the promenade was thumping away like the best music you’ve ever heard in a hair salon. The drinks were flowing – with no observable carding going on –…
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NYCB – 2/5 & 2/6
Haglund wants to encourage everyone to see the New Combinations program at NYCB. Three very distinct choreographic voices are there for the listening: one utterly predictable, one compelling in its invention and message, one…
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Liam Scarlett’s Acheron for NYCB
Teetering on the edge of brilliant – 1/31Liam Scarlett’s first work for New York City Ballet, Acheron, which premiered last night, revealed a thinking choreographer, passionate about music and atmosphere, who has an interest in the hostilities and emotional conflicts that…
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observations 1/30
The Approval Matrix in the February 3rd issue of New York Magazine places NYCB's Concerto Barocco in the extreme Highbrow & Brilliant position on the grid. Can't disagree with that. All last week, the…
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observations 1/26
Oh my goodness. Oh oh oh. If you did not catch Sterling Hyltin in last night’s Rubies at New York City Ballet, you missed another one of NYCB’s raise-the-bar performances. Holy mosquito legs, Batman.…
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NYCB – Jewels 1/22
In recent years there has been a little inkling from NYCB that it wants to treat Jewels less as a three-act, full length ballet and more as a collection of distinct repertory pieces. For…
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observations 1/23
The State Primorsky Opera and Ballet's new production of Fourteen set to Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 and choreographed by artistic director Aidar Akhmetov will be nominated for a prestigious Golden Mask Award. Vladivostok's mainstream…
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NYCB – Opening Night 1/21
Lincoln Center's fountain was on fire and spewing ash last evening like a volcano begging to erupt as the sleds, skis, and skates pulled up for the opening night performance of New York City…
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observations 1/19
Put old Haglund squarely back in the Olga Smirnova Camp after today's breathtaking display of Balanchine's Diamonds. They say that diamonds never go out of style. Nor does elegance, graciousness, and attentiveness to classicism…
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Year-end
Haglund doesn’t usually engage in year-end evaluations or those best/worst lists that are meaningless, yet so popular. But he does always reflect on the out-going year like many people do. This year while lounging…
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NYCB – sealing up the ‘Crackers
What else does one do with a little extra time on his hands at the end of the year but see more Nutcrackers? It’s the natural choice every year, it seems. Haglund caught NYCB’s…
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observations 12/17
"Stella Abrera—glamorous and expansive—proving how ready she’s been to move into the top ranks." From Robert Gottlieb's Year in Dance in the Observer. When is McKenzie going to wake up and smell the talent? __________…