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NYCB Nutcracker 12/9 & 12/16 eves
The big, fat Rat King waddled out waving his gilded sword and then paused to pat down his lacquered helmet of baby-poop-yellow hair. He hollered, “I’m going to shut this whole place down,…
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Большой балет on TVKultura.ru
“Are Zakharova’s diamonds real?” asks a YouTube viewerEnquiring minds want to know. We bet that they are. Real diamonds, that is. And oh my goodness, doesn't Svetlana pack a load of glamour and charm?! The TV camera can barely steal itself…
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Skylar Brandt & Julian Mackay
in Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand PdDOh my goodness. Our little Skylar . . . and that young Julian. Extraordinary – the pairing, the performance, the lighting, the makeup. Both artists so good. What joy this brings. They certainly got…
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Lincoln Center 11/7 and 11/9
Hungarian National Ballet Swan Lake & Don QuixoteBy some strange coincidence Rudi van Dantzig and Andy Warhol showed up on the West Side of Manhattan on the very same day last week. The countercultural darlings of the ‘60s and ‘70s were…
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Balanchine: The City Center Years 11/1 and 11/4
When the Americans’ loudest complaints about Russian ballet dancing are the smiles and the rich operatic bows, you know their asses have been whooped. Apparently, no one should dare not dance Balanchine exactly as…
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New York City Center
Balanchine: The City Center Years 10/31Halloween is one of those unofficial holidays when people pretend to be something they are not. It’s very big in New York – as is St. Patrick’s Day when everyone pretends to be Irish…