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James Wolcott: Always worth reading – but especially today.
Here's a little tease: The Balanchine purists have become a pox on ballet, a reactionary drag that betrays Balanchine's forward spirit. Here's the link.
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Ballet Cop on the Beat – at the Grand Tier Bar
Warner: They seem smaller this year. Haglund: Who? What? Warner: The Bolle Slurpees – they’re smaller this year – less mint, more fizzy. Haglund: Well, you know, he’s a year older and not as…
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ABT – Wednesday matinee & evening 6/9
Haglund was happy for the rare opportunity to see both the matinee and evening performances on Wednesday. The Met was nowhere near full for either, which is a shame, because there was a lot…
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ABT – All Ashton Evening – 6/8
The first week of repertory got off to a fine start last night with the All-Ashton Program. The evening opened with Birthday Offering where EVERYONE is a principal, all the women are strong, the…
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NYCB – Call Me Ben – Barak Premiere 6/5
Mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel hated the nickname Bugsy and refused to allow people to call him that to his face. The nickname referenced ‘bugs’ as in a little crazy in the head, as in…
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ABT – Celebration of Alicia Alonso – 6/3
She's mythical – Alicia Alonso, that is. Really, no human could have floated above the stage or fanned the high-speed, travelling entrechat quatres in Giselle the way Alicia did. But then, last night, there she was…