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
Diana Vishneva, Marcelo Gomes in Manon
Here are some great photos from Leena Hassan (@LeenaHassan) of Diana Vishneva’s 10th year ABT anniversary performance in Manon with Marcelo Gomes. I missed the Manon performances and I heard that Diana and Marcelo’s performance was one for the ages.
ABT Cinderella Review, June 12
Thursday’s Cinderella featured the same cast as the Monday premier, but with leads Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg, making his first ABT appearance of the Met season. Dramatically, the leads were in fine form with David as the elegant prince …
ABT Cinderella, June 12
I posted photos of the Thursday ABT Cinderella performance on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com with Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg. I will post my review tomorrow.
ABT Cinderella, June 9
ABT premiered its fourth version of Cinderella Monday evening, the Frederick Ashton 1948 masterpiece. Although I have not seen the 1983 Baryshnikov adaptation, the Ashton version is an improvement over James Kudelka’s modern, art Deco piece that ABT debuted in …
ABT Cinderella Premier,
June 9, 2014
I posted photos of Monday’s ABT premier of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. Hee Seo and James Whiteside were the leads. Check back Wednesday for my review.
Washington Ballet
Hard Steps Video
Here is a really cool video of bravura ballet steps demonstrated by Washington Ballet dancers produced by The Washington Post: Andile Ndlovu-The Butterfly Chong Sun-540 Battement en Rond Maki Onuki-Kitri’s Grande Jeté Corey Landolt-5 Consecutive Double Tours Francesca Dugarte-7 Double …