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NYCB 1/29
New Combinations program not very new at allWhile watching the strange little promo of Justin Peck’s new dance which was running on the screens in the theater lobby, we were reminded how his sloppy hunched-over shoulders, shuffling feet, and hanging-open…
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A Massive Congratulations to Miriam Miller
on her promotion to principal dancer at NYCB. We knew this outcome would take a good amount of time to be realized, and we fretted over whether the pandemic would stall or kill her…
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NYCB 1/24
Danses Concertantes, The Cage, Concertino,
Stravinsky Violin ConcertoDuring the second week of New York City Ballet’s Winter Season, the company presented masterpieces by Balanchine and Robbins and a couple of filler pieces with qualities that compensated for less rewarding choreography.…
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NYCB 1/21
Winter season opens — sometimes a bit too chillWhile Haglund sat here composing this review WQXR washed the airwaves with the sublime beauty of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. Suddenly he realized what was missing from last evening’s opening performance of the…
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Well thank goodness that’s over
Thinking back over the years, it's hard to recall a lot of NYCB dancers who made a public hoopla about a role that they retired. The simple grace that Maria Kowroski showed in…
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Merry Christmas from Haglund’s Heel
We had a complete changing of the guard this past year. Meet Finale a/k/a Gala Grand Finale Sugarplum Fairy. Five months old. Born in a junkyard at the side of a…