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observations 1/30
The Approval Matrix in the February 3rd issue of New York Magazine places NYCB's Concerto Barocco in the extreme Highbrow & Brilliant position on the grid. Can't disagree with that. All last week, the…
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Minnesota Dance Theatre Board resigns
The entire 20-member Board of Directors of Minnesota Dance Theatre has resigned citing “it is no longer able to serve the needs of the organization going forward.” The Minneapolis StarTribune reported that the company,…
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RNZB → LA → Santa Barbara → Mpls → NYC
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is on its way to the U.S. for its first tour here in more than twenty years. Performances in LA begin on January 31st followed by stops in Santa…
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From Emerging Pictures –
Why Manhattan lost Lost IllusionsAs a follow-up to the story which we first broke here on the blog last Friday morning, our reader, Carol, reached out directly to Emerging Pictures/Ballet in Cinema for an update on the live…
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observations 1/26
Oh my goodness. Oh oh oh. If you did not catch Sterling Hyltin in last night’s Rubies at New York City Ballet, you missed another one of NYCB’s raise-the-bar performances. Holy mosquito legs, Batman.…
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NYCB – Jewels 1/22
In recent years there has been a little inkling from NYCB that it wants to treat Jewels less as a three-act, full length ballet and more as a collection of distinct repertory pieces. For…