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Author: KentGBecker
ABT Review: The Brahms-Haydn Variations
Checking on the ABT fall season schedule a few weeks ago, I was relieved to discover the first performance on my list coincided with the Clinton/Trump presidential debate. The debates, like a gruesome traffic accident on the highway, are both …
John Clifford New York City Ballet Videos on YouTube
John Clifford recently posted a number of great New York City Ballet (NYCB) videos on his YouTube channel. Clifford is a choreographer and Artistic Director at Los Angeles Dance Theater and was a Principal Dancer at NYCB from 1966-1974, founder of …
NYCB Review:
Classic NYCB, American Music
NYCB presented two delightful programs Thursday and Friday consisting of great classics danced at a high level. The dancing of the company this fall season has been outstanding with all of the favorite principals back from other projects, with the …
NYCB Jewels and Divertimento No. 15 Review, Sept 24, 30
NYCB presented Balanchine’s 1967 classic Jewels Friday. The idea for the ballet originated in Europe in the 1950s when Claude Arpels of the jewelry firm Van Cleef & Arpels suggested it to Balanchine, according to John Gruen’s The World’s Great Ballets. …
Lincoln Center Live Streaming Event Friday
Lincoln Center will present an all-day live broadcast on its Facebook page Friday, October 7. The event is designed to give arts fans backstage access the what goes on during a typical day at the arts complex, according to The …
Metropolitan Opera House Celebrates 50th Birthday
The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center celebrates its 50th birthday. The opera house opened on September 16, 1966 with the world premier of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra, based on the Shakespeare play. Fred Plotkin at WQXR has a …