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Peeps
There’s just something fundamentally wrong about chocolate reindeer Peeps. The little guys are on display in the candy aisle at the Duane Reade. Reindeer don’t peep. Haglund isn’t sure what kind of a sound…
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Ballet Cop on the Beat: Times to remember
In today's edition of The New York Times, Alastair Macaulay, who has no practical dance education whatsoever, reviews Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut. He calls it a “revelation” and “among the most touching” of…
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Patrelle’s Christmas Card to New York
One cold, early evening in December at an historical location in Manhattan, there occurred an unlikely, yet pre-planned meeting among a VP/General Counsel of Saks, a liver transplant surgeon, a Bloomberg salesman, a novelist, an…
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Kansas City Ballet – Pas de Twain
The name St. Petersburg is, of course, known for being the source of some of the most magical ballets and ballerinas of all time. It’s also the name that Mark Twain gave his fictional…
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When the NYT’s critic can’t find the right words
Haglund can hardly keep up with all the December Nutcracker doings. But he’s going to lower the old chin and push forward. He wouldn’t want some snarky donut hole at The New York Times…
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Bolshoi Nutcracker casting for 12/19
If you've visited the Emerging Pictures Ballet in Cinema website like Haglund has been screaming at you to do, you know that on Sunday, Dec. 19th at 11:00 a.m. EST the Bolshoi Ballet's Nutcracker…