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NYCB 2/6 & 2/7
The Four Temperaments & Liebeslieder WalzerIt seems we're all a little temperamental these days. The world is out of balance; so why shouldn't our temperaments be off, too? But thanks to Balanchine, who in 1946 turned temperamental off-balance…
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ABT contract negotiations
When Push Comes to ShoveABT dancers have put their feet down in solidarity to force management to come to a fair contract agreement after many months of stalled negotiations. The dancers have authorized AGMA to call a…
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Tiler Peck’s Concerto for Two Pianos
From soup to nuts, she gets it right.music ☑︎ choreography ☑︎ costumes ☑︎☑︎ casting ☑︎ lighting ☑︎ Tiler Peck’s first choreographic commission for New York City Ballet wasn’t a surprise success. We all were sure that she could create…
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NYCB 1/25 Wheeldon + Martins + Peck
If NYCB wants to paper the house for Wheeldon's and Peck's dances, it should find people who can behave. It's hard to remember a performance with more obnoxious, orchestrated applause & woo-whoo that…
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NYCB 1/24 – What a difference a day makes
Well, well, well – just had to wait 24 hours to get the real opening performance of the Winter Season. What an evening of spectacular dancing! Fancy Free was so good Wednesday…
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NYCB Winter Season opens without the seasoning
It was a rather flat start to New York City Ballet's Winter Season with an all-Robbins evening that was extended by a half hour due to the presentation of the Janice Levin Award…