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On Haglund’s Calendar – Yorkville Nutcracker & the brand new Joffrey Ballet School/Gelsey Kirkland Academy Nutcracker
The calendar is getting crowded. Francis Patrelle's Yorkville Nutcracker opens December 9th at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Jenifer Ringer, who is dancing radiantly, will be the Sugar Plum Fairy. This may have…
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Ballet Cop on the Beat – Stop the jihad
According to the Itar-Tass news agency, Grigorovich’s Spartacus has just won the “Champion” title of Ballet of the 21st Century. And it was such an underdog. Apparently, the Russians didn’t get the memo from Jennifer…
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NYCB – Nutcracker Opening Night 11/26
As you can see, when Haglund got home from NYCB’s Opening Night of The Nutcracker, somebody was waiting for a complete report on the mice. And he was not happy to hear that the mice,…
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Nutcracker en vogue
Found this link on the Ballet Bag today for Vogue's December article on ABT's new Nutcracker. The picture of Marcelo Gomes and Gillian Murphy taken in the Alvin Ailey studios is dreamy and reveals…
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RO2YAL BALLET – Bringing the art to the masses!
Oh, this is big – literally. The Royal Ballet is going to present three performances of MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet in the mammoth, multi-purpose, state-of-the-art O2 Arena in London on June 17, 18 and 19. …
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CPU freeze
Haglund continues to try to "process" the picture of David Hallberg in a sylph costume sitting on a bicycle in the ABT brochure. Even rebooting with a bottle of pinot noir last night did…