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NYCB 5/7 Gala Guitar Riff
The See the Music session concluded with Maestro Litton telling the audience to enjoy Balanchine’s Diamonds which was the rest of the program. The orchestra then descended back into the pit in their usual…
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NYCB 5/1 Pas de Pianos
From the ring levels in the theater one gets a bird’s eye view of what is happening in the orchestra pit. Sometimes it’s more interesting than what’s on the stage. Take Friday night, for…
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NYCB 4/22 Agonizingly arbitrary
Last evening’s performance was slightly delayed when a very senior balletomane who had been brought to the theater by her son suddenly fell into an unwakeable sleep prompting concern for a medical emergency. It…
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NYCB scores a trifecta with Balanchine, Bizet, and Stravinsky
There he stood nearly motionless as the thundering brass of Stravinsky’s final notes of Firebird swirled around him. They were the notes of victory over the evil (albeit totally captivating and adorable) Kastchei and…
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observations 4/20
and we’re off and running in the 2026 tournament of ballet champions. The universe is sprinkling such good karma all over Haglund. Tomorrow New York City Ballet opens the spring season with a superbly…
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observations 3/19
Earlier this week McHaglund O’Heel wandered over to Carnegie Hall to hang with the famous Irish fiddler Martin Hayes and The Common Ground Ensemble to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Hayes and the Ensemble have…