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Where’s Radetsky?
Where the heck is our guy, Radetsky? His face is gone from the Dutch National Ballet's website. If Haglund has to hear one more promising dancer say he's throwing in the towel to go to…
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Damien Martinez – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has a slew of brand new corps dancers this season – among them Damien Martinez and Cynthia Castillo of Cuba. Martinez's dangerous escape from Cuba by boat to a deserted island off Key West and…
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Tulsa Ballet – Adiós
A Haglund's Heel crew enjoyed another performance of Tulsa Ballet Friday night. Having initially familiarized ourselves with the dancers and dances on Opening Night, it is now even easier to say what a sharp,…
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NY P
ostissed Page Six – Witchel’s Wili WorkWell, well, well, what do you know. There’s a good old fashioned corruption story that goes with Leigh Witchel’s nasty review of the Tulsa Ballet for the NY Post. According to a very high…
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OMG! The NYT finally gets it!
From the last paragraph of The New York Times's "The Morning Feed" — In The Guardian, Ruaridh Nicoll writes a feature length report on the Royal Ballet of London’s inaugural visit to Cuba, which took…
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Town Hall Meeting on New York Dance Criticism
Maybe it’s time for a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the State of Dance Criticism in New York. Rules: 1. Only decaf will be served; 2. No showing off with pirouettes, knee walking, contractions…