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Australian Ballet @ Lincoln Center
The Australian Ballet's repertory is as rich or richer than American Ballet Theatre's. In addition to most major full length classics, AB's rep includes Billy the Kid, Ballet Imperial, Birthday Offering, Concerto, Facade, Fall…
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ABT donations are down – with good reason.
Under Kevin McKenzie, ABT has become the McDonald's of Ballet with its high calorie, low nutritional value guest dancers who are quite literally plugging up the arteries of the company. ABT donations are down…
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ABT – Romeo and Juliet – Cornejo & Reyes
ABT got back to serious business last night with its opening performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. This is one damn fine ballet. Not much can spoil it – not even a crummy…
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ABT Firebird – round 2
Haglund had a different experience at Tuesday night's Firebird where the cast was Misty Copeland, Herman Cornejo, Maria Riccetto, and Roman Zhurbin. The complaints about Alexei Ratmansky's ballet are the same, but somehow the…
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ABT’s Firebird – 6/11
A hotdog with too much relish and bunWhy do ballet choreographers keep trying to redo more famous choreographers' ideas? Is there a shortage of source material for new ballets? Has all the "good" Shakespeare been choreographed? Have all the interesting characters…
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ABT – Onegin – final weekend
Before some nasty NYT dance critic decides he wants to compare "balletomanes" to compulsive and competitive eaters, let's get a few things straight. While all ballet performances at Lincoln Center this spring haven't necessarily…