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Merry Christmas from Haglund’s Heel
We had a complete changing of the guard this past year. Meet Finale a/k/a Gala Grand Finale Sugarplum Fairy. Five months old. Born in a junkyard at the side of a…
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ABT Crime and Punishment 10/31
When the ballet requires super titles— or a heavy lean on another artist's reputation or gimmicky angst & yank choreography of the type that neither William Forsythe nor Jorma Elo could make stick, it’s time to reassess the campaign…
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ABT Fall Season
What’s old is new againThe saying in the world of antique furniture is that refinishing a museum-quality piece knocks the value out of it. It is the preservation of the artist’s original work that is important, not…
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Great sadness
NYCB Conductor Clotilde Otranto. RIP. Legacy.com
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ABT 3rd cast Etudes
Takumi Miyake rings the bellSo sorry we missed this performance and this corpsman's bravery and accomplishment of nine incredible double tours in the Etudes finale. Bocca, Corella, Sarafanov, and now Takumi Miyake. So glad I-gramers were there to…
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ABT Fall Opener 10/16
Better than the Mets’ gameAt least ABT didn’t get blown out of the water 8-0. Not an emphatic start to the Fall Season, however. Whatever happened to “start strong, end stronger” in ballet seasons? ABT’s…