NYCB is continuing to offer tickets through TDF, although they appear to be in very limited batches. Within the hour, they loaded up the 12/30 matinee in which Lauren King and Daniel Applebaum will dance SPF and Her Cavalier. Also available at the moment are the 12/30 evening and the 12/31 matinee. $40 plus $4 service fee.
We need to see more of Lauren and Daniel together in principal roles. They are among the more ideally suited pairs at NYCB at the moment.
In the same performance, Kennard Henson will dance Tea. FYI, this past week, Henson took the role of the Soldier to a stratospheric level. Never have we seen the Soldier lean backward like Henson did in that performance. Mimi Staker will lead Marzipan at the 12/30 matinee. She's been simmering in the back of the corps long enough now. Also, the gorgeous Emily Gerrity will be the 12/30 evening performance Dewdrop.
10 responses to “observations 12/27”
Bouder or Peck as SPF? Tickets have shown up on TDF for the upcoming Friday and Saturday (eve.) performances? What say you?
Bouder or Peck as SPF? Tickets have shown up on TDF for the upcoming Friday and Saturday (eve.) performances? What say you?
Peck. Period.
Peck. Period.
Also… Daniel Ulbricht is dancing Candy Cane on Sat evening, there’s none better. And… Waltz of the Flowers has Lauren King as Dewdrop plus Nadon + Phelan as lead flowers, in addition to Tiler as SPF. I saw Tiler on her return on Wed the 18th. While she’s dancing a little more conservatively than we are used (have gotten spoiled) to seeing due to her injury recovery, her musicality and timing remains spot on as always. Re: TDF, I got really lucky with this past Sunday.. I picked up my ticket and was shocked to get Orch side Row F! I have never sat so close for Nutcracker. I couldn’t take my eyes off the details on the costumes and the growing tree is so much bigger than it looks from my normal Fifth Ring partial view seats LOL. I came home and read all about how Balanchine was obsessed with the tree and how it lives year-round stored in the theater while other props go to a storehouse elsewhere. Thanks TDF!
Also… Daniel Ulbricht is dancing Candy Cane on Sat evening, there’s none better. And… Waltz of the Flowers has Lauren King as Dewdrop plus Nadon + Phelan as lead flowers, in addition to Tiler as SPF. I saw Tiler on her return on Wed the 18th. While she’s dancing a little more conservatively than we are used (have gotten spoiled) to seeing due to her injury recovery, her musicality and timing remains spot on as always. Re: TDF, I got really lucky with this past Sunday.. I picked up my ticket and was shocked to get Orch side Row F! I have never sat so close for Nutcracker. I couldn’t take my eyes off the details on the costumes and the growing tree is so much bigger than it looks from my normal Fifth Ring partial view seats LOL. I came home and read all about how Balanchine was obsessed with the tree and how it lives year-round stored in the theater while other props go to a storehouse elsewhere. Thanks TDF!
Thanks, TDF, indeed! We went to the Saturday show — Row E in Orchestra on the side. Fabulous seats! For starters I thought the performance was superb musically. The orchestra sounded so gorgeous. And then: I found Peck absolutely thrilling. But the real revelation for me was Lauren King as Dewdrop. What a stunning dancer, just the kind I like best: complete technical assurance wed to sovereign artistry and deep musicality plus what I like to call “snap” … King was just stunning. There were many other highlights, which I’m too tired to detail at the moment.
Thanks, TDF, indeed! We went to the Saturday show — Row E in Orchestra on the side. Fabulous seats! For starters I thought the performance was superb musically. The orchestra sounded so gorgeous. And then: I found Peck absolutely thrilling. But the real revelation for me was Lauren King as Dewdrop. What a stunning dancer, just the kind I like best: complete technical assurance wed to sovereign artistry and deep musicality plus what I like to call “snap” … King was just stunning. There were many other highlights, which I’m too tired to detail at the moment.
Yes, indeed, Lauren King was stunning. She has become one of those “beautiful everything” dancers. Would love to see her in Allegro Brillante in a few weeks. Fingers crossed.
Yes, indeed, Lauren King was stunning. She has become one of those “beautiful everything” dancers. Would love to see her in Allegro Brillante in a few weeks. Fingers crossed.