Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB – Where opportunity knocks – 5/18
. . . regularly. Tonight in Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet we saw three soloists and a corps member thrown into the deep end of the principal pool, without life jackets, for a swimming test. Nearly…
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NYCB – Serenade, Firebird, Symphony in C 5/13
It's been a great weekend to be a New Yorker: Rangers advanced. Pettitte returned. Jared Angle found his pirouettes. Have no fear, Andy only needs one game to get his rhythm back just…
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NYCB’s new bling – 5/10
Sometimes a costume is just a costomb – something pretty and interesting that encases something that it's best we not see. Other times a costume can bring new life and interest to a performance…
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Holy Zeppole
It's that time of year again! Next weekend (May 19 & 20), the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival convenes in Hell's Kitchen for the 39th year. Ah, the delicious corn-on-the-cob on top of shark…
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NYCB – Derballet 5/5
Let's listen to the call: … and they're off! Concerto Barocco is out of the gate fast. A little stumble at the rail, but a nice recovery and is in the lead going into…
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NYCB – 5/2 – Tulles of the Trade
Oh, the tulle was flying last night at NYCB's opening performance of its spring season. Blue tulle, pink tulle, layers and layers of it. It was an outstanding night of flying tulle, flying feet…
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NYCB Spring Season opens in 10 days
NYCB opens its spring season on May 1st with a terrific week that includes Firebird, Concerto Barocco, Kammermusik No. 2, Serenade and more. The first week's casting is up. Tuesday's opening night will present…
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NYCB – Saturday Matinee – 2/25
When you slap a sailor hat on Sean Suozzi, he could almost pass for Jerome Robbins during Robbins' dancing days in Fancy Free. Today Suozzi made his debut as the Rumba sailor – Robbins'…
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NYCB – Donizetti, Russian Seasons, TS3 – 2/24
NYCB was the place to be on Friday night. The evening opened with Tiler Peck and Gonzalo Garcia in Donizetti Variations. Boy, it's been a while since NYCB had a ballerina with Tiler's degree…
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NYCB 2/23 – Farm-to-table at its best & most sustainable
In the final week of its Winter Season, NYCB is demonstrating the full force of its homegrown, organically developed artists in its strong repertory programs. Thursday evening Maria Kowroski, Janie Taylor, Amar Ramasar, and…
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NYCB Winter Season final week
What a weird sight up on The Highline on the West Side of Manhattan yesterday. Winter holly bushes with bright red berries right next to flowering shrubs that were bursting with pink blossoms. It's…
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NYCB – Saturday Matinee – 2/11
NYCB continues to build steam through its winter season with good programing, excellent casting, and wonderful debuts of its talented dancers. The only thing missing is the audience – much of which has disappeared…
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On Haglund’s Calendar – NYCB 2/11 matinee
Here's hoping that the Saturday matinee casting for Concerto Barocco sticks. Beautiful, talented, and captivating Rebecca Krohn, pictured here on the Spring Season brochure, is scheduled to debut. She is, of course, one of…
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NYCB – Brilliante!! – 2/3
Haglund is busting curfew during game week to bring you this exclusive briefing on one fine evening at NYCB. What a terrific program of strong choreography, danced with energy and spirit by so many…
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Heartsick
Haglund was heartsick to learn that the injury that Jennie Somogyi, one of his all time favorite ballerinas, incurred on Saturday night was a torn Achilles tendon, per the WSJ. Heartsick.