ballet blog with occasional diversions

  • observations 5/19

    Coming up this evening at 8pm is the NYCB digital season presentation of Balanchine's Diamonds with Sara Mearns and Russell Janzen and the extraordinarily beautiful Diamonds corps de ballet. The performance from September 2019…

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  • observations 5/14

    Well, this is great news! Dance Week at Lincoln Center will present the following lineup of rebroadcasts of Live from Lincoln Center performances on the LC website and Facebook page: (1) Saturday, May 30…

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  • observations 5/12

    From the New York Post: "You can’t make this ship up. The American Ballet Theatre has thoughtfully planned an auction to help with COVID-19 relief. Less thoughtful: Some available lots include bookings for a…

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  • observations 5/9

    Coming up tomorrow, Sunday 5/10 from Mariinsky TV: Raymonda Choreography by Marius Petipa (1898), revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev (1948) Conductor: Valery Gergiev Raymonda: Viktoria TereshkinaJean de Brienne: Xander ParishAbderakhman: Konstantin ZverevClemence: Yekaterina ChebykinaHenrietta:…

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  • observations 5/4

    Coming up this week from NYCB's digital spring season: Tuesday @ 8PM Rubies from Jewels with Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia, and Mira Nadon dancing the principal roles. Friday @ 8PM Concerto DSCH featuring Sara…

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  • “and, possibly, dissolution.”

    ABT sent out a solicitation letter that warned in bold print that a lack of donations to its new Crisis Relief Fund could mean ABT's dissolution. It's not the brightest strategy to ask for…

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