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ABT – Romeo and Juliet – Vishneva, Gomes 7/6
Last night ABT opened a week of Romeo and Juliet performances with Marcelo Gomes and Diana Vishneva in the leads. Quite frankly, Haglund was not feeling their love during most of Act I. Marcelo…
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Franklin.
Back when Haglund was a tyke in Cincinnati, who had not yet seen his first live ballet performance or taken his first ballet lessons but had grown a liking to stuffing his tiny feet…
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ABT – Sylvia – Wiles, Bolle 7/1
Last night’s performance of ABT’s Sylvia saw Michele Wiles in the title role with Roberto Bolle as Aminta, the shepherd. Cory Stearns was Orion; Daniil Simkin, Eros. Veronika Part and Alexandre Hammoud were Terpsichore…
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ABT – Sylvia – Herrera, Gomes 6/30
The cuddly swans traded in their head feathers for helmets and confiscated all of the hunting bows from Siegfried & friends. Now fierce huntresses for the Nymph, Sylvia, they leaped in a circle to…
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Not Enough Swan Yet??
The curtain call during which Nina, Angel and Marcelo repeated "The Throw" is now on YouTube! Bless the criminal who filmed it! Thank you. Thank you.
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Swan This, Swan That
James Wolcott is on Cloud Nine over at Vanity Fair after seeing Veronika's Swan Lake: Veronika Lake! Tonya Plank scouted the stage door after the performance and got some great photos of Roberto and Veronika: Swan Lake Samba…