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Luis Ribagorda and Eric Tamm depart
Haglund won't use the word "retire" because it is absurd, but Eric Tamm and Luis Ribagorda have had enough, too. Their last performances with ABT were this past weekend in Ratmansky's The Nutcracker at…
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observations 12/20
From yesterday's 24/7 Wall Street financial newsletter on America's Worst Run Companies: In order to be considered truly poorly run, a company must have a track record of missed opportunities, mismanaged risks, poor operational…
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Just a reminder for this Sunday
Find your local theaters at this link. To put it mildly, this is quite a spectacular production.
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Andrew Litton appointed NYCB music director
Wow, this is great news with exciting possibilites. According to this article in the NYT, we got ourselves a brand new homegrown music director at New York City Ballet. Andrew Litton, the current music…
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ABT – Nutcrackers 12/13 mat, 12/14 mat & eve
. . . and then Hammoudi turned around in the upstage corner, spread his arms wide open, and beckoned Abrera to come to him like Mukhamedov beckoning Bessmertnova. She ran toward him, and took…
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Commitment to principles
It is curious that ABT, with its new found commitment to trying to play a leadership role in diversity community outreach and bringing greater numbers of black dancers to ballet companies (aka Project Plie),…