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observations 6/10
Stella Abrera will finally perform the role that we all know she has been destined to dance. Unfortunately, it will be on the other side of the planet at the height of monsoon season.…
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observations 6/9
It's a busy day on the blog! Thanks much to Carol for forwarding several links to us including one of Paris Opera Ballet's transmission of Balanchine's Le Palais de Cristal, the forerunner of Symphony…
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Cindeready
ABT's production of Ashton's Cinderella opens tonight. Haglund will be seeing the Reyes/Gorak and Murphy/Hallberg casts; so check back later in the week for a blog post. Comments about earlier performances are always welcome…
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NYCB – 2013-2014 season over & out
NYCB's 2013-2014 season is over. Manhattan has returned to its sleepy norm, and the llamas have returned to their grazing on West 18th Street at 6th Avenue. Oh no, look! It's a little pony…
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ABT – Manon 6/2 & 6/3
Manon just turned forty last March. How this masterpiece came about is compressed into a few fascinating pages in Jann Perry’s biography of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan, Different Drummer, which Haglund has been trying to…
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ABT – Coppelia 5/30, 5/31 mat & eve
In a span of 26½ hours, Haglund sat through 7½ hours of Coppelia. He’s not complaining, though, because those 7½ hours included 7 minutes of the most divine Prayer variation that he expects ever…