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ABT – Don Q – When sweet is not enough – 5/23
Sweet will take you a long way with the ballet audience at The Met. The audience will forgive most anything so long as there is sweetness to admire. Tonight Alina Cojocaru personified sweetness in…
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NYCB – Fearful Symmetries, The Dreamer,
La Sonnambula 5/22What a Sunday matinee! Peter Martins should rename his piece Fearsome Symmetries. Today his choreography was knocked out with fearless authority by Sterling Hyltin & Chase Finlay, Tiler Peck & Taylor Stanley, Lauren King…
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NYCB – All Robbins – 5/21
After preparing all day yesterday for the End of the World – laundry done, litterbox changed, checkbook balanced, recycle bins emptied – what did we get at 6PM? A couple of dark clouds and…
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ABT – Corella to dance in Giselle w/Reyes
Praise the Lord. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. According to the ABT calendar on its website, Angel Corella will be stepping in for the injured Herman Cornejo to dance Albrecht to Xiomara Reyes'…
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ABT – Don Q – Reyes & Sarabia 5/19
ABT reinvigorated and perhaps deepened its Cuban heritage tonight as Rolando Sarabia made an emergency guest stop to cover for an injured Herman Cornejo in Don Quixote with Xiomara Reyes. Since defecting from Cuba…
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ABT – Don Q – Simkin & Kajiya debut 5/18
Daniil Simkin and Yuriko Kajiya may be the most youthful Basilio and Kitri who ever spun across The Met stage. Today, before an already-adoring crowd, they debuted in Don Quixote; the performance also marked…