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No, no, no Melanie
One of Haglund's favorite ballerinas, Melanie Hamrick, has been seeded by Mick Jagger, so says London's Guardian and Page Six of the NY Post. Even though her potential was never even close to being…
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ABT’s fall season 😞
How curious that ABT simply left Herman Cornejo off the Fall listing of principal dancers without an explanation. Three days after the close of the season, he's scheduled to perform at City Center as…
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observations 7-10
The new Jessica Lang piece that ABT will premiere on October 21st utilizes seven women and three men and carries the theme of women hitting the proverbial ceiling which stops them from growing. Set…
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observations 7-8
Argentina offered Julio Bocca the job of Minister of Culture and Director of Teatro Colón after the current minister resigned. Julio declined and said that he was not yet prepared to run a theater…
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observations 7-5
Thanks much to the Southern California early-rising Haglund'eeler who brought to our attention this article about Stella Abrera that appears on the front page of the arts section in today's LA Times. Above the…
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ABT Sleeping Beauty 7/1
It’s not Aurora who needs waking up at ABTNine years ago when the ill-fated Kirkland/McKenzie Sleeping Beauty premiered during the Spring season at The Metropolitan Opera House, Sarah Lane was a 22-year-old member of the corps de ballet. She had already spectacularly…