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Author: KentGBecker
Radetsky in Vogue
ABT Soloist Sascha Radetsky has a nice piece in Vogue.com. The Vogue article is the first part in a series that chronicles his last season at ABT. I interviewed him on his passion for writing last week. Sascha’s article documents …
Balancing Pointe Interviews
Leading Dancers
Kimberly Falker at Balancing Pointe has amazing podcast interviews with some of the world’s leading dancers: Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette of New York City Ballet, Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté of National Ballet of Canada, Tiit Helimets of San Francisco Ballet. …
ABT Coppélia, May 31
Gillian Murphy and Jared Matthews gave a very enjoyable and solid performance in ABT’s Saturday evening performance of Coppélia. Gillian and Jared were in synch with each other in the various dances and pulled off the intricate pantomime work throughout …
ABT La Bayadère May 29
I could only attend one ABT La Bayadère performance this season, but what a great performance it was. Thursday evening’s performance with Mariinsky Principal Dancers Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov was a standout performance from both technical and dramatic perspectives. I …
Radetsky on Writing
Sascha Radetsky will give his final ABT performance on July 3, as Franz in Coppélia with Xiomara Reyes. Since joining ABT in 1995, Sascha has danced a wide-range of leading roles including including the Second and Third Sailors in Fancy …
Memorial Day in Washington DC
No ballet this weekend as my family visited Washington D.C. Sunday over Memorial Day weekend. D.C. is always a great place to visit, but has particular significance on this day to remember those who fought in the country’s armed forces. …