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Pennsylvania Ballet – The slipper fits 10/22
It would be hard to find a Cinderella ballet that we don't love. Well, the Mariinsky found one; but mostly, Cinderella is a winner whenever she sweeps into the room swirling to Prokofiev. It’s…
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ABT – New is not always better – 10/20 & 10/21
Home decor is a very personal choice. It reflects the inhabitant’s personal preferences or perhaps just a desire to impress others. Designers run the gamut from traditional-oriented to post modernist-oriented to those who have…
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observations 10-21
How great to see that Semionova's picture and bio have been removed from ABT's website. There is still more clean-up needed, however. Nobody needs Kochetkova at ABT when they've got Sarah Lane, Skylar Brandt,…
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NYCB – Gleaming sums it up
“Meow. This represents too much sitting.” Well, yes, perhaps. But in our defense, we did stand up several times to applaud which, according to the fitness app on the Apple Watch, counts as vigorous…
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observations 10-18
Our own Simone Messmer will debut as Giselle in Miami City Ballet's opening performance on Friday, October 21 at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Her Albrecht will be her frequent partner, Rainer…
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NYCB – 10/14
Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering –
about as storyless as an Auden haikuTwo decades before creating Dances at a Gathering, Jerome Robbins was immersed in bringing the complicated souls of Leonard Bernstein's and W.H. Auden’s Age of Anxiety into ballet form. Auden’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poem of…