Above Photo: Misty Copeland and Herman Cornejo, June 17, 2017. I discussed Misty Copeland’s technical issues in two previous reviews from last year’s American Ballet Theatre Met season: Don Quixote and Swan Lake. In general, in difficult technical segments, Misty tends …
Month: March 2018
Ballet Academy East Winter Performance
Above photo: Itzkan Barbosa and Anthony Hoyos in Dreamers I caught the dress rehearsal for Ballet Academy East’s Winter Performance a few weeks ago at New York Live Arts and posted a few photos on my website notmydayjobphotography.com. BAE was founded by Julia …
Thoughts on Peter Martins Retirement from NYCB
Above photo: Peter Martins and Robert Fairchild, October 15, 2017, Fairchild’s Final NYCB performance. On February 15, The New York Times reported that the two-month investigation into the conduct of former New York City Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins …
Delightful Stravinsky & Balanchine Program Closes NYCB Season
New York City Ballet closed its Winter season with a wonderful program of Stravinsky & Balanchine classics. Giving the classics new life Saturday evening were debut performances from Anthony Huxley, Likolani Brown, and Mimi Staker in Le Baiser de la …