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
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, …
New York City Ballet
city.ballet on AOL On
For those looking for some ballet action after the fall ABT season and before the start of numerous Nutcrackers, check out “city ballet” on AOL On, a documentary series that follows several New York City Ballet dancers in their professional …
ABT Fall Season
Final Thoughts
ABT’s broad repertory was on display in the fall season that ended Sunday with classics Les Sylphides (1909) and Theme and Variation (1947), dramatic ballets The Moor’s Pavane (1949) and A Month in the Country (1976), and modern works Bach …