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ABT casting update. Serenity Prayer needed.
Oh Heavenly Father, grant me the ire to complain about what I cannot change, enough wrath to hold a grudge forever, and indignation that is uncontainable. Amen. And so, ABT has filled in a…
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Balletonomics
Marginal Utility Theory as it Pertains to Performing Pirouettes Where the choreography calls for a triple pirouette, the incremental intensity of the dancer’s joy in performing 4, 5 or more revolutions will increase at…
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New ABT Nutcracker by Ratmansky
at BAM beginning in 2010The New York Times reports that ABT will announce tomorrow that it will establish a Nutcracker franchise at the Brooklyn Academy of Music beginning in 2010. The new choreography will be by Alexei Ratmansky…
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Sarah Lane’s Giselle Debut – LakeCities Ballet Theatre
Haglund was visiting the website of LakeCities Ballet Theatre, a regional company with a highly-acclaimed conservatory in the northern Texas city of Lewisville, because he had read that Julie Kent and Sascha Radetsky were…
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NYCB – Opening Night Gala 11/24
'Tis the week to say special thanks for all of our blessings and try not to complain about what is being served at the table. All cooks are not equal. We have a newly…
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MacMillan Symposium – The Ballet Bag Report
Emilia and our friends over at The Ballet Bag have invited everyone to read their full report on the Kenneth MacMillan Symposium that was held in London earlier this month. It sounds like it…