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The lack of self-awareness truly mind-boggling. She was fresh off an injury, and knew that she was dancing with a diminished level of technique. How is she so blindsided over being replaced in a role and so devastated over it? Surely, she must have witnessed this happen to someone else in the company. Did she just assume it would never happen to THE Ashley Bouder? Is she just expecting to coast into the final years of her career and be celebrated for it?
observations 11/17
A dancer’s body is an instrument of the workplace. If the instrument is out of tune, it is absolutely the responsibility of management to get it corrected or replace it. Ashley Bouder has been out of tune for a long time, and it’s time for NYCB to stop tip-toeing around and bench her or ...
I'm absolutely devastated to not be able to see Sterling's last hurrahs this season. She is one of my favorite dancers in Balanchine/Stravinsky ballets, and I'm sad to see her retire.
NYCB 9/22 NYCB takes Balanchine's RV out for a fast spin
911: 911 operator, what is your emergency? Caller: The ballerinas are out there drag racing again in the street by Damrosch Park. I can smell the rubber burning and the noise is not exactly music to my ears. 911: Oh no! Are you sure? Caller: Yes, it sounds like they're running the RV...
I'm unfortunate enough to miss the entire fall season, but these reviews are a joy! I really wanted to see Raymonda Variations.
NYCB 9/22 NYCB takes Balanchine's RV out for a fast spin
911: 911 operator, what is your emergency? Caller: The ballerinas are out there drag racing again in the street by Damrosch Park. I can smell the rubber burning and the noise is not exactly music to my ears. 911: Oh no! Are you sure? Caller: Yes, it sounds like they're running the RV...
I had a prior commitment scheduled at the same time as Amar's farewell performance. But by some miracle it got cancelled the day before-- giving me a chance to grab a ticket way up in the fourth ring. What a great celebration of a wonderful dancer.
Amar Ramasar's Farewell When the entire season turns out to be a festival
Rebirth, renewal, healing, immortality, eternal fire. New York City Ballet’s Spring Season could have been called Festival of the Phoenix. Down the artists went due to injury and positive COVID tests — one at a time, sometimes four, five, six at a time — up rose artists who stepped in to propel ...
The lack of self-awareness some dancers display is really something.
I did find it ironic how an ex-ballerina-turned-associate-director is now finds herself on the other side of a situation she used to complain about.
Bad form in ballet
Maybe it’s their therapists’ fault. The oh-so-sensitive artists run off to therapy to make the case how they feel victimized by the employer, society, or the world. The artist cries, "They’ve done this to me. I didn’t fall out of shape, lose technique, get injured, grow older, become distracted...
I'm unfortunately going to be out of town this week and missing so many shows I want to see, including Teresa Reichlen's last Slaughter on 10th Ave. I'm counting on your reviews!
NYCB 2/2 - A brilliant reminder of what is really brilliant
Punxsutawney Phil seems to disappoint us in more years than not, doesn't he? No matter. We know that the first sign of spring around here is when the darned circus finally packs up to leave town and returns Damrosch Park to the citizenry. After a day of wearing around a hangdog expression from t...
I hope this means more promotions to principal are coming soon. If I can recall, the company has lost Scheller and Krohn prior to the pandemic. This past season we lost Stafford, Kowroski, and Lovette. Reichlen will be retiring this season. The company needs a talent transfusion in the upper ranks quickly.
observations 1/23
Wow, this news makes us happy. Congratulations to Ashley Hod, Miriam Miller, Emily Kikta, Isabella LaFreniere, Mira Nadon, Emma Von Enck, and Preston Chamblee on their promotions to soloist at New York City Ballet. Technique, style, grit, and glamour in spades. Just turn them all loose and let ...
What an exciting Rubies cast! I cannot wait.
Although the one or two times that I have seen Peck and Huxley dance together, I felt very little chemistry.
observations 1/20
Reminder: Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema presents a livestream of Jewels this Sunday, January 23rd. Check this website for the cinemas in your area that will carry the broadcast on Sunday or perhaps later in the week. Full casting is listed in the post below. ______________________________ We're fairl...
I'm not surprised about the new works. I'm debating whether it's worth it to slog through them to get to Western Symphony.
NYCB episode of: Love It or List It
Haglund was thrilled to be able to bring his HGTV BFFs Hilary Farr and David Visentin to the NYCB Fall Fashion Gala last night. It was quite the chore getting past the gala crowd corralled outside to find the "performance only peons" queue. Hilary remarked, "The building structure is lovely on...
Friday night was the first show I saw this season. It feels like a dream to be back in the audience of a theater.
I didn't get to go to a lot of shows in the 2019-2020 season, so there are a couple of new faces in the company for me. You're unfortunately right about the men's corps. It seemed like there was always at least one person that was glaringly out of sync. Brava to the ladies, though.
The audience was quite generous with a standing ovation after the third ballet. I don't remember that happening frequently at City Ballet audiences, but I was more than happy to stand and cheer.
NYCB 9/21 & 9/22The truth is in the steps
New York City Ballet’s Opening Night on Tuesday began with a collective exhale from audience members, dancers, and musicians who had been holding their breath for the last 18 dark months. Or maybe it was more as though a relief valve had been spun open which released the pressurized sorrow and f...
The QR code should still scan even if it's a screenshot. If you have an Apple iPhone you should be able to add it to your "Apple Wallet" which should make it accessible even without an internet connection.
Pop the cork NYCB, here we go!
It's the start of another week – yeah right, just another week... We're about to find out what 2,586 mask-muffled crazies can do to the auditory environment. Will the acoustical sealant hold? Will the seismic impact cause phone alarms to go off? Who in the 4th ring will bring the New Year's nois...
I wonder why there is not much media coverage on this. It's so shameful.
I guess labor rights aren't woke enough.
NYCB Orchestra dispute not over
by a long shot. From Slipped Disc: Two weeks ago the company told its musicians they would not receive pay for the past 18 months. Now it is informing them of disciplinary action if they do not return to work. To the NYCB Orchestra Committee: It has come to our attention that you are in...
I'm hesitant to pull the trigger on that program. It's two new ballets, with the Sleeping Beauty Act III to close.
I can't tell if the "Divertissements" on the program is a new ballet, or if it's a hodge-podge of excerpts.
https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/beauty-mixed-programme-dates
observations 6/3
NYCB's final digital season installment opens tonight. Vienna Waltzes will begin streaming at 8pm on the website and the YouTube channel and will be available until June 17th. It's a 2013 performance with Tyler Angle, Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley, Erica Pereira, Sean Suozzi, Teresa Reichlen, ...
I hope not. They have a price for it in USD ($18.50), so I better be able to watch it. I really hope their practice of recording and streaming new performances continues.
observations 6/3
NYCB's final digital season installment opens tonight. Vienna Waltzes will begin streaming at 8pm on the website and the YouTube channel and will be available until June 17th. It's a 2013 performance with Tyler Angle, Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley, Erica Pereira, Sean Suozzi, Teresa Reichlen, ...
The casting for the ROH stream can be found here.
https://static.roh.org.uk/for/pdfs/Spring-Summer-casting-2021.pdf
Looks like Matthew Ball will be dancing Apollo for the stream.
observations 6/3
NYCB's final digital season installment opens tonight. Vienna Waltzes will begin streaming at 8pm on the website and the YouTube channel and will be available until June 17th. It's a 2013 performance with Tyler Angle, Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley, Erica Pereira, Sean Suozzi, Teresa Reichlen, ...
Royal Ballet doing a Balanchine and Robbins program available on stream June 11: https://stream.roh.org.uk/packages/balanchine-and-robbins/videos/balanchine-and-robbins
Apollo
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
Dances at a Gathering
observations 6/3
NYCB's final digital season installment opens tonight. Vienna Waltzes will begin streaming at 8pm on the website and the YouTube channel and will be available until June 17th. It's a 2013 performance with Tyler Angle, Megan Fairchild, Anthony Huxley, Erica Pereira, Sean Suozzi, Teresa Reichlen, ...
NYCB will stream a performance of The Nutcracker on Marquee TV, so you have to pay. It's gonna be the Kowroski and T. Angle cast. I think you had an unfavorable review of one of their performance last year, so I hope the one they stream is a better performance.
New SAB documentary series
We're looking forward to On Pointe that begins streaming on December 18th on Disney+. Director Ron Howard has captured some compelling footage for the official trailer. The best line in this trailer comes from the mom of a Nutcracker kid. She observes with resignation, "I looked at that calend...
I don't know if you've seen, but today's Google Doodle is in honor of Maria Tallchief.
They made this accompanying video https://youtu.be/AWXvClaRtsI
observations 11/11
Ticketmaster just threw a fast pitch on behalf of COVID vaccinations/testing everywhere. In order to be admitted to a performance, one will have to prove that one has been vaccinated or tested negative in the preceding 24 hours. Whose ever idea it was -- good work! Who's going to miss that U2 co...
I haven't had many chances to see Furlan perform, but my memory of casting was that he was partnered with Fairchild and Bouder (or am I misremembering that?).
If the external hires aren't on the taller side, I can't really see the logic. As far as principal men go, NYCB has to fill the spots left behind by de Luz, Finlay, Catazaro, and soon la Cour and Garcia. Maybe J. Angle will consider retiring soon as well? That's four men that usually partner the taller women, and NYCB has many tall women in the corps and soloist ranks that are very much underutilized. The company has no shortage of talented short male dancers. Not that there aren't talented tall men in the company, but it seems to me that the promotion of tall women is bottlenecked by not having enough tall male partners in the upper ranks.
I'm totally in favor of poaching Hoven, but ABT has recently promoted Forster to principal.
NYCB cancels 2021 winter and spring performances
Say it ain't so. Say it ain't so. We will have to wait until September to see NYCB on stage in person per the company's announcement today. It is also tragic that the "good news" they wanted to publicize is that they plan to waste their first year back on a bunch of ballet-ignorant experimenta...
I'm curious as to why they're bringing in another dancer from the outside. I don't think it's for diversity, as Anthony Huxley is Asian. There's a couple of Asian men who have reached the top ranks at prominent companies such as Ryoichi Hirano at the Royal Ballet and Kimin Kim at the Mariinsky.
I'm completely unfamiliar with Chun Wai Chan. I tried looking him up on YouTube, but haven't found much in the way of recent performances to evaluate his technical skills. I hope he's a tall technician. He looks tall to me, but it could just be his longs legs Maybe we might get a tall couple for Tchai Pas and T&V. I hope he does well in the company.
NYCB cancels 2021 winter and spring performances
Say it ain't so. Say it ain't so. We will have to wait until September to see NYCB on stage in person per the company's announcement today. It is also tragic that the "good news" they wanted to publicize is that they plan to waste their first year back on a bunch of ballet-ignorant experimenta...
Catazaro was in Germany for a while, but it seems like he's learning to fly airplanes these days.
NYCB, SAB, Catazaro, Ramasar, Longhitano win; Finlay doesn't.
Judge James D'Auguste dismissed Waterbury's claims against NYCB, SAB, Catazaro, Ramasar, and Longhitano, but will allow one claim against Finlay to proceed. Can we please move on now? Can we please figure out how to get both Catazaro and Ramasar back on the ballet stage when that stage comes ali...
Also, MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet starring Matthew Ball and Yasmine Naghdi.
observations 7/10
Tonight at 8pm Lincoln Center at Home begins streaming its wonderful staged production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel with the New York Philharmonic. The performance features dancers Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild and stars Kelli O'Hara, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, Jessie Mueller and ...
It makes no financial sense that some companies have opted not to use the funds for payroll when that's what makes the loan forgivable.
observations 7/8
We may not ever see a celebratory PR release from ABT about this, but yesterday's data dump by the SBA & Treasury shows that the company received between $5 million and $10 million in forgivable loan funds from the federal government's Payroll Protection Plan to retain 226 jobs. The School of Am...
Not performances, but looks like the Balanchine Foundation is making some coaching sessions from their archives available on YouTube.
Right here, right now
Giselle – 1987 https://www.facebook.com/dancetheatreofharlem/?ref=page_internal https://www.youtube.com/user/DanceTheaterofHarlem/featured
I think it's coincidence. Tiler has been on twice as well.
I do wish we'd get the full ballets for some of the pieces they're presenting. But I'll take the excerpts that they're giving.
observations 5/4
Coming up this week from NYCB's digital spring season: Tuesday @ 8PM Rubies from Jewels with Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia, and Mira Nadon dancing the principal roles. Friday @ 8PM Concerto DSCH featuring Sara Mearns, Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Gonzalo Garcia, and Joaquin De Luz. Watching Ga...
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