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ABT – What we’re missing . . .
. . . rubbing coarse salt into our festering, stinging wound, the Dutch National Ballet has just cast its new principal, Sascha Radetsky, in his debut performances as Albrecht in Giselle on February 13,18, 21…
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ABT – Detroit – Romeo and Juliet
Haglund sees on the horizon a potentially spectacular performance of American Ballet Theatre's Romeo and Juliet in Detroit in March. Marcelo Gomes and Irina Dvorovenko will open the run. That pairing might well turn into the…
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ABT – Ottawa Giselle – 2/26 – 2/28
What a shocker the casting for the February Ottawa tour is. Debuts in principal roles, but not what anyone expected. Hallberg will be debuting his Albrecht with Maria Riccetto as his Giselle – instead of…
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Miami City Ballet – Putting Pedal to the Metal – 1/24
Miami City Ballet delivered a rip-roaring Square Dance last evening at City Center led by Jeanette Delgado and Jeremy Cox. Haglund has never seen this dance as polished and well-rehearsed as last night. …
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NYCB – New Combinations Douglas Lee Premiere 1/22
The best part of last night’s New Combinations: A Tribute to Nureyev was the initial film footage of Nureyev and Maria Tallchief in the Flower Festival PdD and Nureyev and Lupe Serrano in…
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MCB TKOs NYC – 1/21
Miami City Ballet brought the heat to City Center last night in a blazing performance that included Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements, La Valse, and Tharp’s In the Upper Room. First and foremost,…