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Pay the orchestra, dammit!
NYCB hits sour notes with elected officialsNew York City Ballet has always depended on taxpayers to fund it. Most recently as the result of the COVID crisis, NYCB received a federal grant of $10 million and also will share in…
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Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony in Damrosch Park
The Met Opera Orchestra is celebrating its new union contract with Met management by giving two free performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" in Damrosch Park on September 4th and 5th at 8pm.…
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NYCB Orchestra dispute not over
by a long shot. From Slipped Disc: Two weeks ago the company told its musicians they would not receive pay for the past 18 months. Now it is informing them of disciplinary action if…
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BAAD Superspreader Event
The week of BAAND Superspreader Events opened last night at Damrosch Park. Haglund apparently overlooked the notice that the seating arrangements of prior weeks — pods of two chairs with three feet between them…
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observations 8/14
Robert Hill has suddenly stepped down from his position as Artistic Director at Orlando Ballet citing a need to spend time recovering from knee surgery and to take some time off from his exhausting…
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Oh dear, just when things were looking up…
An arbitrator has decided that NYCB does not have to pay its orchestra during the COVID period when there were no performances – even though the company, at around the apex of daily death…