Naomi Mori of Backtrack reviews ABT’s All Star Gala program from Tokyo, where the company is performing until March 2 (see her review of ABT’s Nutcracker in the previous post). She liked female leads Gillian Murphy and Skylar Brandt and …
Month: February 2014
ABT Nutcracker in Japan
ABT is performing in Japan until March 2. Here is a nice review by Naomi Mori of Backtrack of the February 20 Nutcracker performance with Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes. I loved their opening night performance at BAM in December …
Janie Taylor at Lincoln Center
Film Society
Afternoon of a Faun director Nancy Buirski and New York City Ballet’s Janie Taylor will discuss the legacies of Balanchine and Tanaquil Le Clercq on Sunday, March 2 at 3:45 pm (following the 2:15 pm showing of the documentary) at …
Mixed Rep, Feb. 25
New Sleeping Beauty Production for ABT in 2015 Great news for ABT. The New York Times reports the company will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a new production of Sleeping Beauty choreographed by Alexi Ratmansky. The ballet will be based …
New York City Ballet, Feb 21
À La Française
Friday evening’s New York City Ballet theme was À La Française, a tribute to ballets with French composers. Two of the works were composed in the 1950s for Paris-born Principal Dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq by men who were in love …
Mixed Rep-February 21
David Hallberg Interview David Hallberg is interviewed by CBC Radio.The 16-minute interview touches on his transition to dancing in Russia, attack on Bolshoi Artistic Director Sergei Filin, and challenges of living in Russia. Kajiya and Matthews Interview ABT will perform …