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observations 2/14
More casting for the Segerstrom Center premiere of ABT's Sleeping Beauty has been posted on the calendar. It appears that Marcelo Gomes is slotted to perform – in addition to his Prince Desire role…
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Solar ballet
NASA has released a video of 5 years of photographs of the sun taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory that was launched into space in February 2010. The SDO snapped pictures at a rate…
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NYCB puts the Art in Smart – 2/12
It was one of those quintessential, Manhattan-cool, this-is-why-we're-the-Dance-Capital-of-the-World evenings. The first of three 2015 Art Nights at New York City Ballet was an evening of off-the-charts dancing for an audience of laid back, trendy…
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Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour
Well, this is exciting! Twyla Tharp and twelve dancers are hitting the road in September for a 15-city tour of brand new work that wraps up at Lincoln Center on November 22. The burning…
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observations 2/5
Guest dancer Denys Nedak has been needlessly imported by ABT to be Paloma Herrera's partner during the premiere week of Sleeping Beauty in Orange County in March. What a shame ABT wouldn't give Alex…
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NYCB – New Combinations 2/4
We can imagine Peter Martins tactfully saying to Justin Peck, “This may not be a good idea” when Peck proposed to choreograph a ballet to Aaron Copland’s Rodeo that was composed specifically for and…