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Balanchine and Petipa on Mercury
Freelance writer Rebecca Ritzel penned an intriguing piece for The Washington Post about a number of ballet dancers who found careers in the sciences. One in particular, Brett Denevi, who attended classes at Ballet…
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Ring those bells
What gives? The New York City Ballet rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning, and the market tanked nearly 100 points. Didn't the traders see the dazzling smile…
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ABT – The Nutcracker opens at BAM – 12/7
Things are still soggy around the boroughs in New York from Hurricane Sandy. The Christmas Spirit among the natives isn't as crisp and warm as it often is at this time of year. "Muted"…
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Free NY Phil tickets for Hurricane Sandy victims
At last night's glorious performance that featured André Watts playing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, the NY Phil management announced that free tickets for performances from December 13 – 20 will be available to…
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Nuts to NYT
Once again, the ever watchful eye of Google's analytics caught the NYT scouring Haglund's blog for help with ballet reviews. This time, it seems they're flummoxed on what to write about Dances Patrelle, which…
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Henry Leutwyler’s new NYCB book Ballet
Sorry to sound so down right bah humbuggish, but this book is a disappointment. Haglund can't claim to have even an elementary knowledge of photography or "art" photography, but blur doesn't do anything but…