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ABT – Melissa Thomas Debuts as Caroline 10/30/08
Haglund enjoyed a very promising debut by Melissa Thomas as Caroline in Jardin aux Lilas on Thursday evening. Thomas gave us a much younger, more emotional character than Julie Kent did the evening before. …
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ABT – Jardin aux Lilas 10/29/08
Wednesday evening marked the return of Jardin aux Lilas after several years absence. Julie Kent, as anticipated, was the perfect Caroline and conveyed the character’s helplessness and dread of entering into a marriage of…
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It’s Not Fair . . .
Haglund is not an eavesdropper. Even in crowds at events like the opera or ballet where people openly discuss their personal lives and others’ lives for all to hear, Haglund does not usually bend…
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Gerald Arpino 1923 – 2008
Truly one of the greatest and most inspiring figures in American ballet. He will be missed but his legacy of beautiful work will endure through the generations of dancers that he so carefully cultivated.…
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ABT – Ballo and Flames 10/28/08
It was a tough and critical crowd at City Center last evening. The Grand Tier was loaded with dancers from Boston Ballet and a sprinkling from NYCB as well. Erica Cornejo was there looking…
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Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra at Avery Fisher
Since ABT is going to include a special week of all Prokofiev music during its spring season, Haglund would like to point out that the delicious Valery Gergiev will bring the Kirov Orchestra of…