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NYCB 10/5 All Blissful Balanchine
With 60% of NYCB's fall season gone, we finally got our first Balanchine ballets last night. Yep, we had to wait for the 17th performance out of a 28-performance season before being allowed a…
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Happy World Ballet Day!
http://worldballetday.com/ Australian Ballet Bolshoi Ballet Royal Ballet National Ballet of Canada San Francisco Ballet Let's keep this tradition going strong.
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observations 10-3
El Observador reports that Maria Riccetto met with Ballet Nacional Sodre's Board of Directors and the Uruguayan government's Minister of Education and Culture today but rejected their offer for her to take over the…
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NYCB Gala 9/28
There’s just no way to un-see itOh dear. No one knows how it hurts Haglund to be the bearer of bad news. It’s no fun being the party pooper. The stick in the mud. The sour puss. The wet blanket.…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/27
Devil worshipTiler Peck’s Odile leaned an arabesque into the chest of the young Chase Finlay’s Siegfried as if asking him if he wanted some – ahem – candy. “Yes!” he cried helplessly. She then straightened…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/26
Less is moreWhat totally surprising, totally terrific debuts in Swan Lake last night by Megan Fairchild and Gonzalo Garcia. Gone were the excessive arm flapping, angst, and cat-howling of other NYCB Odettes. Gone was the deer-in-the-headlights…