-
NYCB 4/22 – The Greening of Ballet
Yesterday was Earth Day. Spawned in 1970 during a time of energy shortages and high pollution, Earth Day became a way for enlightened citizens of all ages to collectively demonstrate a commitment to support,…
-
Miami City Ballet @ Lincoln Center 4/13-14-15
When a ballet company other than New York City Ballet performs a Balanchine work in New York, the reaction is usually “Ugh, why?” – except in the case of Miami City Ballet where the…
-
Bocca brewings 4/13
Here is yet another reference to an offer by ABT to Julio Bocca in El Pais (second paragraph) in which the author advocates that Uruguay use Bocca's departure as an opportunity to build from…
-
Miami City Ballet opens tonight
Haglund is quivering with excitement at the prospect of our own Simone Messmer debuting in the lead of Balanchine's Serenade when Miami City Ballet opens at Lincoln Center tonight. It is such a relief…
-
Bocca brewings continued
Here is an in depth article from Uruguay's El Telescopio that gives a thoughtful analysis and rundown of the matters that led Ballet Nacional Sodre to its present crisis. The writer cautions not to…
-
High Strung
High Strung, the movie that opened nationwide yesterday starring the former Mariinsky dancer Keenan Kampa, an American, and Nicholas Galitzine (The Beat Beneath My Feet – 2014), was a pleasant surprise. No violence, no…