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NYCB – Piano Power – 6/4
NYCB fielded quite an impressive army of ivories last night, and that was even before the armies of Stars and Stripes arrived. Four pianists were featured in last night's program – three of them…
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McKenzie’s GAS takes ABT another step closer to being a regional ballet company
People should start asking the box office for their money back. Kevin McKenzie's GAS (guest artist syndrome) is now so severe that he has rented an Ardani porta-dancer from a regional ballet company instead…
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Cojocaru and Kobborg quit The Royal Ballet
. . . to pursue "other artistic challenges" so says the press release. Their future plans will be announced "shortly." Let's hope those challenges are not located at ABT. The press release says that…
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ABT 6/1 Matinee
Shostakovich Trilogy – Cue the notes, pleaseLast year ABT created enormous expectations as it went about promoting Alexei Ratmansky's new Firebird which turned to wet feathers and ash upon its first performance. Having learned an important lesson, this year the…
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ABT Same guest artist still injured
After having pulled Alina Cojocaru from her May 28th and 29th performances of Symphony in C due to her ongoing injury, the Royal Ballet has today announced that it is pulling her from her…
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ABT – Don Q – 5/29 mat & eve
Yesterday's performances of Don Quixote at the Met had their ups and downs. The ups of the afternoon performance belonged to Veronika Part in her debut as Kitri. It's been a while since we've…