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Royal New Zealand Ballet hits back at former dancer’s claims of abuse
Well, gall dang, a ballet company finally stood up to a disgruntled former dancer's claim of "abuse". Yeah, it happened on the other side of the world, but hey, that's a start. To a…
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It’s enough to turn a person into a Republican
Now the New York Times has uncovered five people who claim they were either physically or verbally abused by Peter Martins, and the chief dance critic has taken time out from admiring little children's…
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Stay calm and carry on
So the wife of the man who has been making frequent trips to Manhattan from Seattle to make hokey presentations in order to position himself as a contender to replace Peter Martins when he…
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observations 12-6
The gorgeous Valerie Tereshchenko just won the prestigious 2017 Telstra Ballet Dancer of the Year Award. Telstra, which has partnered with The Australian Ballet to make the award annually since 2003, does so to…
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observations 12-4
While The New York Times is busy front-paging every sexual exploit it can find, could it perhaps reserve a moment or two to investigate its chief dance critic's arrest and jailing by the Scarborough…
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observations 11-29
Ballet Nacional del Sodre has finally named a replacement for Julio Bocca. Igor Yebra, a member of the generation of startlingly good dancers from the Victor Ullate School in Spain that produced Angel Corella,…