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 notmydayjobphotography.
Author: KentGBecker
Balletfocus 2019 Highlights
Balletfocus 2019 Highlights: Dance Theatre of Harlem Celebrates 50 Years Dance Theatre of Harlem, celebrated its 50th anniversary and held its New York season at City Center in April. Arthur Mitchell, the first African-American dancer at New York City Ballet, …
Duncan Lyle Dance at Martha Graham Studio
Duncan Lyle Dance presented four works Monday and Tuesday in the cozy Martha Graham Studio Theater. The American Ballet Theater dancer choreographed the works, performed by fellow ABT dancers Patrick Frenette, Carlos Gonzalez, Andrii Ishchuk, Isadora Loyola, Betsey McBride, Rachel …
ABT 2020 Met Schedule Released
Above photo: Stella Abrera, Giselle, May 23, 2015 American Ballet Theatre released its schedule and casting for its 2020 Met season, May 11-July 4. This will be ABT’s last eight-week spring season in the Metropolitan Opera House. In an attempt …
Duncan Lyle Dance at Martha Graham Studio Theater Nov 18-19
Above photo by Rod Brayman: front-Lauren Post, Betsy McBride; back-Carlos Gonzolez, Isadora Loyola, Patrick Frenette, Rachel Richardson, Jose Sebastian. Now that the American Ballet Theatre fall season ended two weeks ago, not much is going on in the New York …
Herman Cornejo 20th Anniversary ABT Celebration
I posted photos of last night’s celebration of Herman Cornejo’s 20th anniversary at American Ballet Theatre on my photography website, notmydayjobphotography.com. The all Herman evening was a celebration of his great talents starting with Apollo, his ABT debut in the …
ABT Second Week: New Romantics, Apollo, and Beach Boys
American Ballet Theatre’s New Romantics program featured two new works and one from last year. James Whiteside’s New American Romance, which debuted in July at the Vail Dance Festival, is a compelling piece (see photo above with Joo Won Ahn, …