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
NYCB Digital Spring Season Announced
Above photo: premiere of Justin Peck’s Rotunda Exciting news from New York City Ballet, as the company announced a digital Spring Season after canceling its Koch Theater season due to COVID-19. The NYCB digital season will run from the originally …
Dance and Performing Arts in the COVID-19 World
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has devastated dance and performing arts, with New York spring season cancellations of New York City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, American Ballet Theatre and many others. Starting balletfocus.com in 2013, I never thought I would write …
ABT/NYCB/DTH Seasons in Jeopardy
Above photo: Alexei Ratmansky New York Premier of Sleeping Beauty, May 29, 2015 Life has changed dramatically in the past several weeks, with carefree thoughts of spring ballet seasons fading quickly due to COVID-19 concerns. American Ballet Theatre sent out …
NYCB Premier: Peck’s Rotunda
Justin Peck’s Rotunda has similar themes in his Principia and Rodeo with a great community feel as dancers flow from one combination to another. Although the work, which New York City Ballet premiered Wednesday, does not break any new ground …
NYCB Swan Lake Final Thoughts
New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake was largely mixed for the four casts I saw (missing Teresa Reichlen/Peter Walker and Ashley Bouder/Jovani Furlan) with no all-around great performances. Some had segments that were very good offset by parts that were …
NYCB Swan Lake: Lovette/Ball Debut; Tiler Peck Returns
Lauren Lovette and Harrison Ball made their debuts as leads in New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake Friday in a very mixed performance with some high moments and very low lows The Highs: Lauren was effective dramatically, particularly as the …