ballet blog with occasional diversions

  • UIEX

    Sources now claim that in today's patron-attended dress rehearsal at the Met, Sarah Lane will dance the role of Odette. Update: 1:45pm We just received eyewitness confirmation that Sarah is dancing Odette at the…

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  • observations 6-9

    Sara Mearns will be Vicky Page in the upcoming Matthew Bourne production of The Red Shoes at City Center October 26th to November 5th. Important note: Sara will share the role with Ashley Shaw…

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  • UIEX:

    The ticker tape at the Unofficial Information Exchange went bonkers today just before closing at 4pm down on Wall Street.  C'mon, ABT. Is our littlest Odette-in-Waiting going for a swim next week? Our wallets…

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  • observations 6-7

    The Royal New Zealand Ballet has appointed a retired American ballerina as its next Artistic Director. Patricia Barker, former star of Pacific Northwest Ballet and currently the AD at Grand Rapids Ballet, will begin…

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  • ABT Le Corsaire 6/5
    Climate change

    It’s on our minds these days, isn’t it? We can feel the climate slowly getting warmer and the winds picking up, but the actual effects don’t register in our minds on a daily basis.…

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  • Pirate to the rescue!

    Holy moly! On Saturday night, ABT corpsman Gray Davis (husband of soloist Cassandra Trenary) jumped onto the subway tracks at the 72nd Street station in Manhattan to rescue an unconscious homeless man who had…

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