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
Mikhailovsky Final Thoughts
Mikhailovsky Ballet ended its Lincoln Center run yesterday and will head west to Orange County, California for four performances of Flames of Paris, November 28-30 at the Segerstrom Theater in Costa Mesa. Observations: The repertory at Lincoln Center was quite …
Mikhailovsky Don Quixote,
Nov 20 and 22
If nuance and subtlety are high on your list of ballet priorities with La Sonnambula your favorite ballet, Mikhailovsky Ballet’s Don Quixote with Natalia Osipova (Thursday evening), Oksana Bondareva (Saturday evening) and Ivan Vasiliev is the last ballet you want …
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Don Quixote, Nov. 20
I posted photos from Mikhailovsky Ballet’s Don Quixote at Lincoln Center Thursday on my website notmydayjobphotography. Not my favorite version of Don Quixote, but WOW!!! what a great performance by Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. Both were on target the entire …
Mikhailovsky Ballet
Flames of Paris Nov. 14-15
The Flames of Paris made its U.S. debut Friday at Lincoln Center with Mikhailovsky Ballet. The original work premiered in 1932, commissioned to show people rising up against tyranny to commemorate of the 15th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. …
Flames of Paris,
Mikhailovsky Ballet, Nov. 14
Vive la révolution! I posted photos from Mikhailovsky Ballet’s Flames of Paris at Lincoln Center from Friday on my photography website notmydayjobphotography. The production features the acrobatic Ivan Vasiliev, who empties out his expansive bag of high flying pyrotechnic tricks. Check …
Mikhailovsky Giselle,
November 13
If you’re a fan of gravity defying leaps, Lincoln Center was the place to be Thursday evening as Natalia Osipova and Leonid Sarafanov closed out Mikhailovsky Ballet’s Lincoln Center Giselle, Ou Les Wilis run. Both dancers have enormous ballon, which …