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NYCB Fall Season mostly in full, glorious color
There are Third World problems and First World problems and then there are New York Balletomane problems. These are sometimes expressed with the question: "How was the performance?" followed by the answer "It…
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NYCB Weeks 2&3 – Spectacular, to say the least
With three quarters down and one to play, we can safely predict that this has been the most winning New York City Ballet fall season in decades. For several years, balletomanes have been…
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NYCB Jewels 9/20 & 9/21
Loaded with gemsNew York City Ballet dressed itself to the hilt with two more glistening performances of Jewels on Wednesday and Thursday. Every single debut was a 100 carat diamondized beauty set among the polished…
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NYCB Opens its 75th Anniversary Season 9/19
Opening Night of New York City Ballet’s 75th Anniversary Season had a circusy feel to it – as though we had somehow stumbled into the middle of Massine’s Parade. A line of picketing…
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observations 9/14
Here's the NYCB cast sheet for Week 2 that is posted in the lobby. No changes yet to Week 1. Just curious — who out there in NYC currently receives free individual health…
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observations 9/12
This is a drop dead gorgeous coffee table book. Oh my goodness. While the choreography for which these costumes were designed was mostly forgettable — with the exception of the brilliant Spectral Evidence by…