What an emotional performance of Onegin Friday, celebrating Diana Vishneva and her final American Ballet Theatre performance. There were plenty of tears shed during the curtain calls as ABT dancers congratulated Diana on a great career and bid her farewell from …
Alessandra Ferri, Roberto Bolle in Onegin
It was a walk down memory lane Thursday as American Ballet Theatre featured Italian stars Alessandra Ferri and Roberto Bolle in Onegin. A dramatic performance with great emotion from two great stars. Sarah Lane and Daniil Simkin were also very good …
ABT Swan Lake: Copeland and Cornejo
I posted curtain call photos of the American Ballet Theatre Swan Lake Saturday night with Misty Copeland and Herman Cornejo. Check out my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com for curtain call photos for the Met season. Look for my review soon, probably …
ABT Swan Lake Review: Teuscher Met Debut Shows Promise
American Ballet Theatre’s youth movement continued Wednesday afternoon with Devon Teuscher’s Met debut in Swan Lake. This was her third time in the role, having danced the role two times at the Kennedy Center in January. The Soloist showed substantial …
ABT Le Corsaire Review: Shevchenko, Stearns
The final ABT Le Corsaire this Met season was a solid performance with new faces adding much excitement. Soloist Christine Shevchenko, stepping in for an injured dancer for the third time this week (Veronika Part was scheduled), was again exceptional …
ABT Le Corsaire Review: Brandt, Shevchenko Debuts
Injuries to Principal Dancers Gillian Murphy, Maria Kochetkova, and Veronika Part caused major cast changes in American Ballet Theatre’s Le Corsaire this week. The changes allowed great young talents-Soloists Skylar Brandt and Christine Shevchenko-to smash through the rigid ABT hierarchy, …