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Wheeldon rolls away from Morphoses
While it’s not unexpected that Christopher Wheeldon has chosen to end working with Morphoses, it is rather surprising the less than elegant way in which he and the business-side of the company parted ways…
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Disney applies to trademark “God”
Well, not really, but surely it is on the corporate agenda. Disney has, however, applied to trademark Princess Aurora, the principal character in many stage, ballet, book, and movie versions of Sleeping Beauty. This…
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Kings of the Dance and The Guest is Best con’t
In the past, Haglund has taken issue with Gia Kourlas's ballet reviews but always enjoys her interview pieces with dancers which appear in TimeOut NY and The New York Times. In today's NYT, Kourlas…
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ABT continues to spend on female guest artists while ignoring development of the company’s own female soloists.
It appears that Alina Cojocaru of the Royal Ballet will dance Aurora in ABT's Saturday matinee Sleeping Beauty. Presumably* she will dance with Daniil Simkin, and ABT will make that its next "big press…