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ABT – One final (acceptable) guest artist
ABT has substituted Guillaume Côté in place of Cory Stearns for Stella Abrera's Cinderella at the Wednesday matinee. Totally acceptable. Haglund saw him perform the role with Stella's Cindy three times a few years…
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ABT – Coppelia – 6/18 Mat & Eve
Two performances of Coppelia in one day is a lot of mime to endure but it was worth it to see the debuts of Maria Riccetto and Jared Matthews in the afternoon and then…
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The Royal Danish Ballet – La Sylphide – 6/17
Drunk on ballet – it's the only possible explanation for Haglund getting downright weepy over watching the ladies of The Royal Danish Ballet as they continually rose all the way up through 3/4 releve…
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Mariinsky prices are outrageous
All but two of the Mariinsky Ballet performances at the Metropolitan Opera House are selling dismally because of the outrageous prices. According to the folks at the David Rubenstein Atrium, at this time, there…
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ABT – Coppelia – 6/16
Haglund has never missed Herman Cornejo more than last night – his beautiful legs and feet that look so handsome in white tights; the classical lines of his legs; the crop of dark curls…
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ABT – Bright Stream wound-up
ABT wrapped up its week of The Bright Stream last night with a blockbuster performance led by Veronika Part, Stella Abrera, Alexandre Hammoudi, and Cory Stearns. Haglund wants all of his faithful readers out…