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ABT @ AFH – Tippet steals home, Yankees win!
What a terrific night at American Ballet Theatre at Avery Fisher Hall! Maria Riccetto and Jared Matthews revived Clark Tippet’s 1989 Some Assembly Required with sass and strength and sparkle – a tremendous performance…
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ABT @ AFH – A-Rat scores, Yankees win!
Upon opening its first season at Avery Fisher Hall this evening, American Ballet Theatre just may have acquired the distinction of becoming the only company ever to present seasons at all three of the…
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Boston Ballet – Erica Cornejo as Giselle
On October 1st Boston Ballet opened its season at its new home, the Boston Opera House, with Maina Gielgud's production of Giselle. Erica Cornejo danced the title role, and Nelson Madrigal was her Albrecht. …
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Royal Ballet Celebrates MacMillan with Mayerling
Just reading this little preview paragraph by Judith Mackrell in The Guardian started Haglund's spine tingling, his limbs shaking, and his breathing, well, heavy: The Royal opens its new season with a nod to…
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Book Review – Bravura! Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre
Author: Alex C. EwingUniversity Press of FloridaHardcover – 339 pagesList price $36Amazon.com $23.76 Alex Ewing has written a captivating and detailed account of the life of his mother, Lucia Chase, and about how the seeds…
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Fall for Dance – 9/27
This afternoon’s Fall for Dance performance had some of the most diverse programming Haglund has seen inside a theater. Diverse does not always equate with good, however, but generally one is willing to sit…