I am a ballet fan and photographer living in New York City. You can see my work, which focuses on curtain calls of ballet dancers, houses of worship, and landscapes at
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Author: KentGBecker
Step of the Day: Jeté Entrelace
Step of the Day: Jeté Entrelacé (zhuh-TAY ahn-truh-la-SAY) is a jump from one foot, followed by a half turn, then a split jump landing on the other foot. The step is common for both men and women. The step is …
The Royal Ballet Back on Stage: Joyous Return After Seven Months
Above photo: Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, Romeo and Juliet screenshot from the gala New York arts news has been depressing recently with the cancellations of the Metropolitan Opera 2020/2021 season and New York City Ballet Nutcracker, with news that …
Step of the Day: Grand Jeté
Above photo: Natalia Osipova performing a grand jeté in Mikhailovsky Ballet Giselle, November 2014 Not much to write about in the New York City ballet scene as all performances are scraped this year. The cancellation of the Metropolitan Opera 2020-2021 …
ABT Promotions Announced
American Ballet Theatre promotions announced Thursday were largely foreshadowed by casting in the canceled Spring Met season. All dancers promoted to Principal Dancer (Joo Won Ahn, Aran Bell, Skylar Brandt, Thomas Forster, Calvin Royal III and Cassandra Trenary) had a …
New Baryshnikov YouTube Video: Legendary Solos
Photo: Vladimir Bliokh, Don Quixote, Moscow, 1968. I posted a video on YouTube with analysis of two legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov solos. First is the Basil Act II “drunk” solo from his American Ballet Theatre Don Quixote production from 1983 when …
Fall Lincoln Center Performances Cancelled
Above photo: the closest my daughter and I will get to the Met or Koch Theaters for awhile Not unexpected but still shocking are the 2020 cancelations of fall Lincoln Center performances from New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, …