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Jennie Somogyi Week
Jennie Somogyi will be dancing FOUR times next week in Peter Martins' new ballet entitled Mirage with music composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and sets by Santiago Calatrava. The premiere is Tuesday (June…
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Countdown
Only 4 days until the beginning of Swan Lake Week. Get your tail feathers ready! Haglund's only concern is: Will they be ready, too?!
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ABT – Sle p ng Bea ty – 6/16
Well, yes, things are missing from this Sleeping Beauty production. It is a staging derived from the misguided idea that a choreographically stripped-down Sleeping Beauty production, with obnoxious bright colors and dancers who resemble animated…
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NEWSFLASH – Sir Paul McCartney commissioned for ballet score!
Oh please, Let It Be in New York. Let It Be. Let It Be. Let It Be. Let It Be. Whisper Words of Wisdom. Let It Please Be in New York. Sir Paul McCartney…
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Taking a Snooze on Sleeping Beauty
It's that difficult time of the season again – when rare opportunities to see favorite soloists and corps members shine must be weighed against the anxiety and disappointment produced by watching a corrupted production of…
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ABT – All-American & All-Ashton – 6/12
Haglund was up early Sunday morning pinching the petunias in the windowboxes while he reconsidered the five hours of ballet that he watched Saturday at the Met. The All-American Program in the afternoon featured…