Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB – The Nutcracker 12/8 Matinee
Haglund got a late start on the Nutcracker Season this year what with all the packing and unpacking in connection with moving the blog’s executive offices westward into Hell’s Kitchen's final frontier neighborhood. The…
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NYCB – fall season final week
Well, here it is, the end of NYCB's fall season and Haglund has a little collection of Playbills on the coffee table that need discussing. It's not that he's been lazy; it's that so…
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observations 10/7
There's a new brief clip for the NYCB/AOL "television" program citi.ballet that was uploaded this morning at on.aol.com. It's about pointe shoes, which is fine, but Haglund hopes that the dancers will learn to…
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NYCB 10/5 Matinee
Leggz Kowroski’s Swords of SexSo much to talk about, so little time. Haglund's got to spend the rest of the weekend revving up his new iPhone that came yesterday. Seriously, when you register your prints on the home…
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NYCB 10/3
Soirée Musicale, Spectral Evidence, NamounaThe brilliant, self-described anarchist John Cage created a large body of musical compositions that Haglund isn't much interested in listening to when he winds up his old Victrola. Thank goodness there are people like…
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James Fayette, victim of stabbing on UWS
James Fayette, the former NYCB dancer, current AGMA rep, and husband of NYCB's Jenifer Ringer, was seriously injured today when a crazed homeless man stabbed him with sissors while Fayette was pushing his son…
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NYCB – MLB opener
Historically in Major League Ballet, when the New York City Ballet sends an All Balanchine Black & White lineup to the plate, they bat close to 1000. So, it was something of a surprise…
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Ordinary talent
Every generation will not produce geniuses in ballet. Of course, there will always be dancers and choreographers who will be declared the best ever, but that doesn't make them geniuses, especially if the proclaimer…
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NYCB Fall Gala – 9/19
NYCB's Galas often serve as trial balloons for new choreography or new collaborations with more commercial than artistic appeal. The events rarely please the core audience but usually raise a lot of money from…
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observations 9/12
Here is a video of NYCB's Maria Kowroski and Ask la Cour performing Wheeldon's After the Rain outside on the 57th floor of 4 World Trade yesterday at sunrise. From the company: "It is…
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observations 9/5
NYCB's Tiler Peck has formally won the title role in "Little Dancer" at the Kennedy Center according to the Washington Post. Haglund alerted you earlier that Peck had previously performed the role when the…
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What we missed.
The Santa Fe National UFO Center was in a whirl of activity on Saturday night as a ghostly light of overwhelming brightness shimmered and hovered in the skies over the city. Scientists ran outside…
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observations 8/19
Renewal letters for Society NYCB (aka 4th Ring Society) will be mailed out this week according to the theater box office. The agent was quick to add that there was no price increase. That…
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observations 7/15
Former NYCB principal Charles Askegard has been appointed Associate Artistic Director at Minnesota Dance Theatre in Minneapolis. The company which was founded back in the '60s by Loyce Houlton is now directed by her…
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Swan Lake – Mariinsky; NYCB
Tickets for NYCB's Swan Lake performances beginning September 17th will go on sale in early August. Tickets for the Mariinsky's Swan Lake performances at the Kennedy Center in January go on sale October…