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Pennsylvania Ballet big changes
Well, the word is officially out. Haglund has been keeping this under his hat for weeks. As reported this evening in the Philadelphia Inquirer, one of ABT's most promising corpsmen, Sterling Baca, will be…
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NYCB 4/23 Eve
Jewels – so much more than accoutrementPerformance photos are prohibited at NYCB, but we couldn’t resist snapping a pic of the Rubies Corps de Ballet warming up next to the theater prior to last night’s performance of Jewels. Look at…
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NYCB 4/22 – The Greening of Ballet
Yesterday was Earth Day. Spawned in 1970 during a time of energy shortages and high pollution, Earth Day became a way for enlightened citizens of all ages to collectively demonstrate a commitment to support,…
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Miami City Ballet @ Lincoln Center 4/13-14-15
When a ballet company other than New York City Ballet performs a Balanchine work in New York, the reaction is usually “Ugh, why?” – except in the case of Miami City Ballet where the…
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Bocca brewings 4/13
Here is yet another reference to an offer by ABT to Julio Bocca in El Pais (second paragraph) in which the author advocates that Uruguay use Bocca's departure as an opportunity to build from…
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Miami City Ballet opens tonight
Haglund is quivering with excitement at the prospect of our own Simone Messmer debuting in the lead of Balanchine's Serenade when Miami City Ballet opens at Lincoln Center tonight. It is such a relief…