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observations 8/16
The good news is that memberships in the 4th Ring Society aka Society NYCB will be renewed again this year. Our members, mostly old geezers and geezerettes on fixed incomes who have been hobbling…
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The fat truth about the skinny in ballet
Every year in early November, the level of cranky among NYCers increases as about 50,000 really, really, really skinny people descend on the city to run in the New York City Marathon. Thousands of…
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ABT in Brisbane, Australia
The Trumpeter Swan Queen in QueenslandOn Friday, August 29th at 7:30pm, the considerably-sized local ballet intelligentsia will get a chance to witness the most majestic, musical, and captivating Odette/Odile in America. The one who defines resplendent, defines luminosity, defines…
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Don Q gets a shot of Red Bull this month
Julio Bocca’s Ballet Nacional Sodre premieres a brand new production of Don Quijote in Montevideo with choreography by Raúl Candal/Silvia Bazilas and designs by Hugo Millán. Our own Maria Riccetto will be making her…
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Bull-fighting
(or polite exception to efforts to distort ballet’s historical record)Houston Ballet's Lauren Anderson as Odette in Swan Lake. She debuted in 1996: Birmingham Royal Ballet's Celine Gittens as Odette (with Tyrone Singleton): Dance Theatre of Harlem's Stephanie Dabney in excerpts from…
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Better than wax or bronze
Runs October 25th to November 30th at KC and stars Tiler Peck as young Marie. We're still waiting to hear which Broadway theater will host the show. The Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center…