Category: New York City Ballet
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Maria Kowroski’s Farewell
Astrorina hits apogee; returns to Earth safelyIt's impossible to count the many times in the past 25+ years that Maria Kowroski has rocketed through the balletic Kármán Line to deliver celestial performances. As proof, those who were listening closely last…
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NYCB 10/15 & 10/16
Launch of the New ShepherdIt was billed as a debut, but it was really so much more. Friday evening, Isabella LaFreniere danced the lead ballerina role in Balanchine's Chaconne for the first time opposite veteran Adrian Danchig-Waring. Chaconne…
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NYCB Pedals to the Metal
When a car has been dormant in a garage for a year and a half, it will take a fair amount of maintenance to get it running in top form again. The drive belts…
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observations 10/7
It's terrific news to hear that NYCB has promoted Unity Phelan and Roman Mejia to principal and soloist, respectively. Unity somehow made steady progress throughout the year and a half pause due to the…
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NYCB episode of:
Love It or List ItHaglund was thrilled to be able to bring his HGTV BFFs Hilary Farr and David Visentin to the NYCB Fall Fashion Gala last night. It was quite the chore getting past the gala crowd…
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NYCB 9/21 & 9/22
The truth is in the stepsNew York City Ballet’s Opening Night on Tuesday began with a collective exhale from audience members, dancers, and musicians who had been holding their breath for the last 18 dark months. Or maybe it…
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Pop the cork
NYCB, here we go!It's the start of another week – yeah right, just another week… We're about to find out what 2,586 mask-muffled crazies can do to the auditory environment. Will the acoustical sealant hold? Will the…
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observations 9/10
So it seems that NYCB has had some problems uploading the casting to its new fancy-schmancy web page. Apparently it's now more difficult than slapping the old PDF into the container. But they're working…
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observations 9/2
NYCB announced its COVID Nutcracker plans. No kids under 12 will be in the casts although kids under 12 will be in the audience provided they can produce a negative COVID test. This will…
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Pay the orchestra, dammit!
NYCB hits sour notes with elected officialsNew York City Ballet has always depended on taxpayers to fund it. Most recently as the result of the COVID crisis, NYCB received a federal grant of $10 million and also will share in…
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NYCB Orchestra dispute not over
by a long shot. From Slipped Disc: Two weeks ago the company told its musicians they would not receive pay for the past 18 months. Now it is informing them of disciplinary action if…
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Oh dear, just when things were looking up…
An arbitrator has decided that NYCB does not have to pay its orchestra during the COVID period when there were no performances – even though the company, at around the apex of daily death…
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Game On, People!
Gotta cheer again for NYCB for their Fall Season Refund Policy of allowing refunds and exchanges up until noon on the day of the performance. However, it still falls short of the Purchase With…
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observations 7/30
We're very glad to see NYCB taking a stand that requires all audience members to be fully vaccinated. From today's email: With safety at the forefront, New York City Ballet will be implementing a…
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Amar Ramasar’s Farewell May 29th
Haglund doesn't always read his NYCB marketing mailings closely and this slipped by from last Thursday. The reminder notice from NYCB for the priority single ticket sales opportunity for subscribers had a little addition…