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observations 10-3
El Observador reports that Maria Riccetto met with Ballet Nacional Sodre's Board of Directors and the Uruguayan government's Minister of Education and Culture today but rejected their offer for her to take over the…
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NYCB Gala 9/28
There’s just no way to un-see itOh dear. No one knows how it hurts Haglund to be the bearer of bad news. It’s no fun being the party pooper. The stick in the mud. The sour puss. The wet blanket.…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/27
Devil worshipTiler Peck’s Odile leaned an arabesque into the chest of the young Chase Finlay’s Siegfried as if asking him if he wanted some – ahem – candy. “Yes!” he cried helplessly. She then straightened…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/26
Less is moreWhat totally surprising, totally terrific debuts in Swan Lake last night by Megan Fairchild and Gonzalo Garcia. Gone were the excessive arm flapping, angst, and cat-howling of other NYCB Odettes. Gone was the deer-in-the-headlights…
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NYCB Swan Lake 9/22
Off the Siegfried SchneidWatching someone else’s dreams come true can make your own heart go all puddly-messy. And so it was last evening when Zachary Catazaro finally got to dance the role of Prince Siegfried in Peter…
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Houston Ballet
Mayerling gets set for some Texas-sized insanityPossibly the most important ballet event of the 2017-2018 season in all of North America will be celebrated tonight in storm-ravaged Houston – and, almost unbelievably, Haglund won't be there. It's true, Hurricane Harvey…