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Swan Lake Bootleg Greats
As we come to the end of another Swan Lake Week – sniff, sniff – let's look at a couple of great ones whose magic comes through even the worst bootleg videos: 21-year-old Julio…
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NYCB – Peter Martins’ Mirage – 6/23
Get on over to the Koch on Saturday afternoon or Saturday evening to see one of the final performances of Peter Martins' new work Mirage set to an original score composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka…
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ABT – Swan Lake – Vishneva, Hallberg
Haglund needs to put out a health warning for balletomanes who might have weak tickers: Subjecting oneself to the emotional 1-2 punch delivered by Veronika Part's Odette/Odile on Monday night and Diana Vishneva's on…
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ABT – Swan Lake Opening Night 6/21
It had been a long 359 days since Haglund's last Swan Lake – when Nina Ananiashvili bid us farewell and Haglund thought the world might end. Good thing it didn't – wouldn't want to have missed…
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VF Spotlight on Herman Cornejo
The July issue of Vanity Fair devotes its Spotlight column to ABT's Herman Cornejo – "Ballet's Little Prince" – with text by Laura Jacobs. UPDATE: It's now online and here's the link.
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Haglund Hunch-O-Meter Gone Wild
This is just too big to let go of. Who is going to be the choreographer for the new ballet score by Sir Paul McCartney? The Haglund Hunch-O-Meter needle is swinging wildly, wildly, and…