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ABT 6/13
Swan Lake stokes the famished crowdThe rooster may have laid a big egg last week, but this week the swans are a-swimming with smooth grace. ABT opened its week of Swan Lakes with a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer performance starring Gillian Murphy…
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UIEX – in memory of Johan Renvall
A reader has alerted us that ABT's June 20th performance of Romeo and Juliet (Seo/Stearns/Salstein) will be dedicated to the memory of former principal dancer Johan Renvall who expired last August at the age…
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Pennsylvania Ballet – Balanchine and Beyond 6/12
Haglund zipped down to Philly on Sunday for Pennsylvania Ballet’s final performance of the season, Balanchine and Beyond, a program of plotless, eclectic offerings from Hans van Manen, Trisha Brown, Jean-Piere Frohlich, and George…
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observations 6-9
Our own Yuriko Kajiya along with Connor Walsh will premiere the new Giselle at Houston Ballet tonight. What a wonderful clip this is. How lucky the city of Houston is to have these great…
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ABT 6/6 Company Premiere
The Golden Cockerel – Always keep your bargainsAlexei Ratmansky’s The Golden Cockerel, which ABT premiered last night at the Met, was more like a good staging for the opera of the same title than a stand alone ballet. It lacked choreographic…
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observations 6-3
Today's Houston Chronicle includes an informative write-up about Houston Ballet's new Giselle which premieres next week with Yuriko Kajiya in the title role opposite Connor Walsh. This quote should be of interest: Welch has…