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Ballet Cop on the Beat – at the Grand Tier Bar
Warner: They seem smaller this year. Haglund: Who? What? Warner: The Bolle Slurpees – they’re smaller this year – less mint, more fizzy. Haglund: Well, you know, he’s a year older and not as…
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ABT – Wednesday matinee & evening 6/9
Haglund was happy for the rare opportunity to see both the matinee and evening performances on Wednesday. The Met was nowhere near full for either, which is a shame, because there was a lot…
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ABT – All Ashton Evening – 6/8
The first week of repertory got off to a fine start last night with the All-Ashton Program. The evening opened with Birthday Offering where EVERYONE is a principal, all the women are strong, the…
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NYCB – Call Me Ben – Barak Premiere 6/5
Mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel hated the nickname Bugsy and refused to allow people to call him that to his face. The nickname referenced ‘bugs’ as in a little crazy in the head, as in…
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ABT – Celebration of Alicia Alonso – 6/3
She's mythical – Alicia Alonso, that is. Really, no human could have floated above the stage or fanned the high-speed, travelling entrechat quatres in Giselle the way Alicia did. But then, last night, there she was…
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ABT – Don Quixote – Osipova & Carreno 6/1
Natalia Osipova rocked the house tonight with her Kitri in Don Quixote. All during the first act Haglund kept saying to himself "Leaping lizards!" That was, of course, because Osipova was launching herself into…