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Author: KentGBecker
ABT Classic Spectacular, May 22
ABT performed a mixed rep bill Thursday evening consisting of Theme and Variations, Duo Concertant, and Gaîté Parisienne. Theme and Variations is one of my favorites, having seen this Balanchine classic many times. The work, which Ballet Theatre premiered in …
ABT Don Quixote, May 17
Polina Semionova was stunning as Kitri in Don Quixote Saturday night. If there is a better Kitri in the world today, I would like to see it. She was in control throughout the evening, making the difficult and physically demanding …
ABT Don Quixote, May 15
I’m always excited at the beginning of every ABT season, anticipating the great performances that lie ahead. While New York City Ballet presents important choreography from Balanchine and Robbins with dancers as somewhat interchangeable parts, ABT’s Spring Met season is …
New York City Ballet
All Robbins Evening
New York City Ballet presented an All Robbins evening Friday with Glass Pieces (1983), Opus 19/The Dreamer (1979), and The Concert (1956). I was looking forward to seeing Chase Finlay, who was injured last winter and scheduled to perform in …
Paloma Herrera to Retire
Kajiya and Matthews to Houston Ballet
Sad day for me as one of my favorites, 38-year old Paloma Herrera announced her retirement at the end of the 2015 season. I couldn’t find any news in English, but here is a not so great translation from Spanish …
Mikhailovsky Ballet at
Lincoln Center
Mikhailovsky Ballet will perform at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center from November 11-23. The Saint Petersburg, Russia company was scheduled to dance in New York in 2012 but decided to cancel when ABT exercised a non-compete clause involving two dancers who …