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
Dougla Revival Highlights Dance Theatre of Harlem at City Center
The Dance Theatre of Harlem New York season took place last week over the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Vision Gala last Wednesday commemorated the anniversary, reflecting on the legacy of Dr. King …
Misty Copeland and the Fouetté Video
Above Photo: Misty Copeland and Herman Cornejo, June 17, 2017. I discussed Misty Copeland’s technical issues in two previous reviews from last year’s American Ballet Theatre Met season: Don Quixote and Swan Lake. In general, in difficult technical segments, Misty tends …
Ballet Academy East Winter Performance
Above photo: Itzkan Barbosa and Anthony Hoyos in Dreamers I caught the dress rehearsal for Ballet Academy East’s Winter Performance a few weeks ago at New York Live Arts and posted a few photos on my website notmydayjobphotography.com. BAE was founded by Julia …
Thoughts on Peter Martins Retirement from NYCB
Above photo: Peter Martins and Robert Fairchild, October 15, 2017, Fairchild’s Final NYCB performance. On February 15, The New York Times reported that the two-month investigation into the conduct of former New York City Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins …
Delightful Stravinsky & Balanchine Program Closes NYCB Season
New York City Ballet closed its Winter season with a wonderful program of Stravinsky & Balanchine classics. Giving the classics new life Saturday evening were debut performances from Anthony Huxley, Likolani Brown, and Mimi Staker in Le Baiser de la …
NYCB Romeo + Juliet Falls Short
With all of the great rep that New York City Ballet offers, it is unfortunate that the company is going all in this Winter season with Peter Martins’ Romeo+Juliet; of the 43 performances this season, 12 will be of this …