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observations 7/14
Houston Ballet is taking Giselle to the Detroit Opera House on November 1st & 2nd. We're not sure where else the company might tour the production. If Jared Matthews and Yuriko Kajiya are cast…
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observations 7/10
Angel Corella will stage a full length Don Quixote for 60 pre-professional students of The Hartt School's Community Division in West Hartford where he is in residence at the school's four-week ballet intensive program.…
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Salutes too late
Usually by the time a company comes up with a PR plan for damage control to minimize the negative impact of embarrassing events, it’s already too late. This spring ABT was faced with the…
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Coppelia & Franz are really going to tie the knot
At the conclusion of today's matinee performance of Coppelia, Yuriko Kajiya was, of course, wearing one of her wedding dresses. She has several. Wedding dresses, that is. She has her Coppelia wedding dress and…
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observations 7/5
It is astonishing to watch Kevin McKenzie stand on stage cheering, smiling, and laughing as one supreme talent after another walks out on him because he failed to give them the opportunities and recognition…
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UIEX: ABT next schmyear
ABT's 75th anniversary year looks as if it will be as tired as any other year – and more so now that important, sparkling talent has defected for lack of opportunities at this company…