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Mixed Rep-Oct. 19
Gomes to Receive Dance Magazine Award ABT’s Marcelo Gomes will be one of five dance luminaries to receive the 2015 Dance Magazine Award along with lamenco star Soledad Barrio, National Ballet of Canada artistic director Karen Kain, dance historian, and archivist David …
NYCB Harlequinade and Opus Jazz, Oct 15
NYCB’s Thursday performance of Masters at Work featured two dissimilar but delightful and cheery works: Balanchine’s 1965 Harlequinade and Jerome Robbins’ 1958 N.Y. Export, Opus Jazz. Balanchine created the two-act Harlequinade for the 65th anniversary of the original production by …
Mixed Rep, Oct. 14
Paloma’s Final Performance The Buenos Aires Herald reports on Paloma Herrera’s final performance Sunday: Paloma’s performance: she was radiant, looked young, unbelievably supple, her technique honed to perfection. Indeed she proved that she is retiring in the fullness of her art. …
NYCB 21st Century Choreographers, Oct 9
NYCB’s 21st Century Choreographers program consists of five works from young choreographers. I saw the Friday performance-short at only 1 hour and 57 minutes-which will be repeated October 16 and the evening of the 17th. The pieces were interesting, but only …
The Walk-A Must See Movie
With all the ballets I attend, I don’t see many movies. Fortunately, I made an exception last weekend, seeing The Walk with my family. The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Flight) stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, …
Hurricane Joaquin Hits NYC:
NYCB Oct. 3
Joaquin De Luz was one of my favorite dancers at ABT and I remember his great work in Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. He was always precise and exact in his movements filled with substantial athleticism in this challenging piece. Happy …