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NYCB Swan Lake 9/27
Devil worshipTiler Peck’s Odile leaned an arabesque into the chest of the young Chase Finlay’s Siegfried as if asking him if he wanted some – ahem – candy. “Yes!” he cried helplessly. She then straightened…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/26
Less is moreWhat totally surprising, totally terrific debuts in Swan Lake last night by Megan Fairchild and Gonzalo Garcia. Gone were the excessive arm flapping, angst, and cat-howling of other NYCB Odettes. Gone was the deer-in-the-headlights…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/22
Off the Siegfried SchneidWatching someone else’s dreams come true can make your own heart go all puddly-messy. And so it was last evening when Zachary Catazaro finally got to dance the role of Prince Siegfried in Peter…
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Houston Ballet
Mayerling gets set for some Texas-sized insanityPossibly the most important ballet event of the 2017-2018 season in all of North America will be celebrated tonight in storm-ravaged Houston – and, almost unbelievably, Haglund won't be there. It's true, Hurricane Harvey…
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observations 9-21
Thanks to the keen-eyed Haglund'eeler Silvie who let us know that Maria Kochetkova is gone from ABT's website. A rare moment of common sense surfaces at ABT…
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observations 9-11
Saddened but not surprised to hear that Robert Fairchild will leave New York City Ballet in a month. His final performances will be October 14th and 15th in Duo Concertant opposite Sterling Hyltin. BUT…