Category: New York City Ballet
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NYCB – Call Me Ben – Barak Premiere 6/5
Mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel hated the nickname Bugsy and refused to allow people to call him that to his face. The nickname referenced ‘bugs’ as in a little crazy in the head, as in…
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On Haglund’s Calendar – NYCB 6/5 – BE THERE
Haglund has a tickling inkling that the lone woman in the choreographic pack in this Spring Season at NYCB is going to show all the boys how it’s done. Melissa Barak – true believer…
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NYCB 5/14 – Serenade, Outlier, Cortege Hongrois
NYCB presented a beautiful rendition of Serenade last evening with the diverse cast of Jenifer Ringer, Megan Fairchild, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Philip Neal and Ask La Cour. The demi-soloists were Faye Arthurs, Alina Dronova, Lauren…
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On Haglund’s Calendar: NYCB McGregor premiere
Wayne McGregor presents his first choreographic composition for an American company this Friday, May 14th, at NYCB. The choreography's title, Outlier, and the title of Thomas Ades' violin concerto used by McGregor, Concentric Paths,…
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NYCB 5/4 – Concerto Barocco, Duo Concertant, Four T’s, Symphony in Three Movements
Last night Jennie Somogyi gave a musically-sensitive, kick-ass performance in the Sanguinic movement of The Four Temperaments. Her Sanguinistas – Sara Adams, Likolani Brown, Kristen Segin and Mary Elizabeth Sell – were little Somogyi…
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On Haglund’s Calendar: NYCB 5/4 Robert Fairchild & Sterling Hyltin in Duo Concertant
Of course, seeing Robert Fairchild and Sterling Hyltin in their New York debuts in Duo Concertant isn't the only bit of excitement scheduled for the evening. Symphony in Three Movements will include the debuts…
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NYCB Gala 4/29
Haglund was glad that he attended last evening’s NYCB Spring Gala performance, but he was glad when it was over, too. There were highlights to the evening, most notably Robert Fairchild and Jenifer Ringer…
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NYCB Gala – What to wear, what to wear . . . .
As everyone who’s anyone knows, each year prior to the opening day of the Spring Ballet Season in New York, Haglund spares no expense traveling the footwear universe in search of appropriate selections for…
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On Haglund’s Calendar – NYCB Gala
Haglund's got ants in his pants waiting for the first pitch to be thrown out to officially open the 2010 Spring Ballet Season in New York. It's going to be an exciting one. The…
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On Haglund’s Calendar –
NYCB Ratmansky Premiere en el Cinco de MayoSingle tickets for NYCB's spring season go on sale tomorrow – in case anyone needs a reminder. The first ticket that Haglund picks up will be for the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's new ballet…
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NY Export: Opus Jazz – PBS
Sass-sational!
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Program reminder: NY Export: Opus Jazz on PBS
PBS's Dance in America series will air the new Jerome Robbins documentary/performance film NY Export: Opus Jazz at the following times on New York's Channel 13: 8:00pm Wednesday March 24th1:00am Friday March 26th12:00pm Sunday…
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Prokofiev Rediscovered
NYCB’s Adam Hendrickson premieres ballet
at Yale and Carnegie HallThis sounds like a very enjoyable evening, but one Haglund will have to skip 'cuz he's getting a brand new hip this week and won't be ready to negotiate the Carnegie Hall seats for…
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NYCB 1/16 – So, three sailors walked into a bar . . .
. . . and a ballet broke out. New York City Ballet presented a fairly enjoyable evening of repertory that included Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free and Balanchine's Prodigal Son and Firebird. Haglund thinks…
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Fancy Free spree
Since we're launching into another Fancy Free Season with performances by NYCB beginning this week and later in the spring by ABT, here are a few pictures of the dancers who originated their roles: …