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observations 5-17
Julio Bocca says that the story that he had been offered the directorship of ABT was false. HOWEVER, he continues with this unsolicited explanation: "I do not say I do not like to lead…
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ABT Spring Gala 5/16
Awkward was the word that came to mind most often during ABT’s Spring Gala last night. The out-of-context snippets representing works presented this spring season were D.O.A. Sylvia’s entrance variation by Maria Kochetkova consisted…
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ABT snubs Irina and Max
ABT's Gala dinner this Monday will have a little less glam because Irina Dvorovenko and Max Beloserkovsky were intentionally left off the guest list. Wow, ABT, such bad form and lack of style, not…
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ABT Sylvia 5/9
“When a woman with a weapon needs luv…”from Dolly Parton’s Songs I Wished I’d Sung album that went platinum in the 1970s, possibly, or not. That beauty with the bow and arrow, Sylvia, opened ABT’s 2016 spring season at the Met…
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observations 5/8
According to Uruguay's El Pais and a 2014 culture consumption survey, 1 in 9 Uruguayans attended a ballet performance, 1 in 12 attended a folk dance performance, 1 in 18 attended a modern dance…
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NYCB 5/6 Flying, flying by the seat of their pants, soaring
Last night at New York City Ballet, the dancers in Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes seemed to be navigating the winds mostly on instinct and observation. The final waltz from Der Rosenkavalier had fifty dancers on…