Guest dancer Denys Nedak has been needlessly imported by ABT to be Paloma Herrera's partner during the premiere week of Sleeping Beauty in Orange County in March. What a shame ABT wouldn't give Alex Hammoudi the opportunity. He always succeeds so handsomely in all of Ratmansky's works. The biggest shame, though, is that Eric Tamm had to suffer such undeserved frustration under McKenzie's direction, despite soaring in every role entrusted to him by Ratmansky, that he simply gave up and left. What a fabulous Prince he would have made in this new Sleeping Beauty.
Ticket sales for the OC week are a disaster. Only a month away until the premiere and sales are the worst we've ever seen for ABT. How stupid of ABT not to tap Sarah Lane for Aurora in order to create some interest out there.
David Hallberg has been replaced by James Whiteside in Rodeo for the first week of the Met Season. Additionally, Misty Copeland has been inserted in the TBAs for the ballet. What a terrible shame. Historically, this ballet has been used to feature a talented corps woman as the female lead of one cast – Erica Cornejo, Susan Jones, Marian Butler. But now McKenzie, whose jewels are tight in the vise, is taking away a corps dancer's big opportunity in an effort to sell everyone on the promotion of a narcissistic fraud. Luciana Paris, Skylar Brandt, and Nicole Graniero are all no-brainer choices for the lead in Rodeo, in addition to of course Marian Butler. Maybe we should thank our lucky stars that McKenzie didn't bless us with Osipova in Rodeo instead of using a real company dancer.
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Something like this was bound to happen. Jookin' Misha and Lil Buck have collaborated on a spot for the clothing line Rag and Bone.
8 responses to “observations 2/5”
Thanks for the ABT update, Haglund. There hasn’t been any good news from that corner of the cultural world for a long time, and I don’t expect there will be any, either. Even your subconscious seems to be lashing out at the disingenuous scenario they’ve been presenting to the public in an endless loop; the great American composer of “Rodeo” is now forced to suffer the indignity of having his name misspelled in your previous entry to match that of the ABT dancer who today’s Huffington Post referred to as an “icon” (see link below). When the reputation of Copland is transferred to Copeland and no one even notices, the sound of “Rodeo” sadly dissolves into Chopin’s Funeral March.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/ballet-dancers-to-follow-on-instagram_n_6612876.html
Thanks for the ABT update, Haglund. There hasn’t been any good news from that corner of the cultural world for a long time, and I don’t expect there will be any, either. Even your subconscious seems to be lashing out at the disingenuous scenario they’ve been presenting to the public in an endless loop; the great American composer of “Rodeo” is now forced to suffer the indignity of having his name misspelled in your previous entry to match that of the ABT dancer who today’s Huffington Post referred to as an “icon” (see link below). When the reputation of Copland is transferred to Copeland and no one even notices, the sound of “Rodeo” sadly dissolves into Chopin’s Funeral March.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/ballet-dancers-to-follow-on-instagram_n_6612876.html
Thanks for pointing out the typo in the post which I’ve now corrected.
I still don’t understand the phoneticized title of Peck’s piece. Two syllables separated from a third by a comma? What am I missing here?
With regard to Instagram – users often purchase followers to make it look like they have a tremendous fan base. You can get 10,000 for about $50 and they will comment, share, etc. It’s no secret.
I have yet to understand why anyone reads the Huffington Post blog when they can read Tiger Beat.
Thanks for pointing out the typo in the post which I’ve now corrected.
I still don’t understand the phoneticized title of Peck’s piece. Two syllables separated from a third by a comma? What am I missing here?
With regard to Instagram – users often purchase followers to make it look like they have a tremendous fan base. You can get 10,000 for about $50 and they will comment, share, etc. It’s no secret.
I have yet to understand why anyone reads the Huffington Post blog when they can read Tiger Beat.
Hammoudi would have been perfect! He defiantly could use all the experience he can get. But McKenzie loves his Russian guest stars… Which, seems like even that isn’t working anymore if what you say is indeed true. And ABT surely has no pride to book Osipova for multiple appearances after all of the disparaging remarks she’s made to Russian press about ABT and New York. Instead of Osipova, Sarah Lane could have used another Sleeping Beauty performance.
Also, Am I missing something? I didn’t find anything wrong with that commercial.
Hammoudi would have been perfect! He defiantly could use all the experience he can get. But McKenzie loves his Russian guest stars… Which, seems like even that isn’t working anymore if what you say is indeed true. And ABT surely has no pride to book Osipova for multiple appearances after all of the disparaging remarks she’s made to Russian press about ABT and New York. Instead of Osipova, Sarah Lane could have used another Sleeping Beauty performance.
Also, Am I missing something? I didn’t find anything wrong with that commercial.
Hi, Tiffany.
The commercial is a hoot. Nothing wrong with it at all. The only thing that would make it better would be if Woody Allen walked on at the end and said, “You know, I failed to make the chess team because of my height.”
Hi, Tiffany.
The commercial is a hoot. Nothing wrong with it at all. The only thing that would make it better would be if Woody Allen walked on at the end and said, “You know, I failed to make the chess team because of my height.”