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
Mixed Rep-December 10
Chéri New York Times Review Charles Isherwood has a thoughtful review of Chéri with Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo in The New York Times. The performance runs until December 29 at the Signature Theatre in the New York theater district. …
Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral
I posted photos of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral in the Little Italy section of Manhattan on my website notmydayjobphotography. The cathedral was completed in 1815 and was the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York until 1879, when Saint …
Big Apple Circus Luminates
Lincoln Center
One of the unexpected benefits of parenthood is discovering fun events for the kids…that parents actually enjoy. Big Apple Circus has been an annual event in our family for the past seven years, one that my wife and I look …
Ferri and Cornejo in Chéri at Signature Theatre
It was such a pleasure to see Alessandra Ferri in Chéri at the Signature Theatre in the Manhattan theater district Friday evening. I haven’t seen her since a great ABT Romeo and Juliet performance with José Manuel Carreño in 2006 …
Mixed Rep-November 23
ABT Project Plié ABT Vimeo video on Project Plié, an effort to increase ballet diversity: The NBC Today Show featured Misty Copeland on the project. New York Artists for the Philippines New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Ashley Bouder is …
Mixed Rep-November 19
New York City Ballet Retirements New York City Ballet Principal Dancers Jenifer Ringer, Janie Taylor, Sébastien Marcovici, and Jonathan Stafford will retire in 2014. Jenifer will have her final performance February 9 in Dances at a Gathering and Union Jack, …