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NYCB – The Nutcracker Opening Night 11/28
This story hasn’t made The New York Times yet, but there has been plenty of vitriol spewed by those guys Brux & Boggle on WRAT Talk Radio. They didn’t like what went down last…
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Yuriko Kajiya promoted to principal!
Wow. It didn't take long for Artistic Director Stanton Welch to recognize what a miracle he has in Yuriko Kajiya. After her performance last night during which she opened the run of Houston Ballet's…
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Simone Messmer & Adrian Danchig-Waring
in New Haven Ballet’s Nutcracker!Simone Messmer has surfaced! Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks be to Terpsichore. Simone and NYCB principal Adrian Danchig-Waring will be the guest principals with the New Haven Ballet in its production of The Nutcracker at…
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observations 11/27
Roddy Doble will dance the principal role of the Snow King opposite Ashley Ellis' Snow Queen in Boston Ballet's December 4th performance of The Nutcracker. Roddy was a standout performer in everything he danced…
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Miss “I will what I want” gets sued for doing what she wants
Misty Copeland, her manager Gilda Squire, and Harpo, Inc. (that's Oprah Winfrey's Harpo) were sued today in Connecticut District Court by legendary photographer Harvey Edwards for copyright infringement (17:101). (Court case number 3:14-cv-01762; RFC…
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Mikhailovsky Ballet – Don Quixote 11/21
While sitting in the midst of a mostly Russian-speaking audience at Friday night’s Don Quixote by the Mikhailovsky Ballet, it occurred to Haglund that perhaps, just perhaps, this company didn’t travel all the way…