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Author: KentGBecker
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet at
Symphony Space
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet presented its second program of the company’s inaugural season Friday at Symphony Space in Manhattan. The nicely diversified and highly entertaining mixed bill consisted of familiar works (Leaves are Fading pas de deux, Raymonda Suite), pieces I …
Jenifer Ringer, Janie Taylor, Sébastien Marcovici Farewell Photos
Leena Hassan (@LeenaHasson on Twitter) has some great photos of farewell curtain calls of New York City Ballet’s Jenifer Ringer, Janie Taylor, and Sebastian Marcovici. Jenifer’s final performance was on February 9 (Brian Seibert’s New York Times Review) and Janie …
The Scoop on the Mess at
New York City Ballet
I reviewed the February 1 New York City Ballet performance of Union Jack and noted the problem with the pony that made a brief appearance at the end of the Costermonger pas de deux; shortly after the pony departed before …
Ethan Stiefel to Leave
Royal New Zealand Ballet
After three years as Artistic Director of The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Ethan Stiefel will leave the company in September and return to the U.S., according to the company’s website. Previous to assuming the position in New Zealand, Ethan was a …
ABT Manon in Japan
Naomi Mori of Backtrack reviews ABT’s Manon, the company’s final Japan performance. Naomi reports that Manon returns to the ABT repertoire after a seven-year absence. ABT’s new Manon stage production is by Peter Farmer, consisting of pastel-color tones much lighter …
ABT All Star Gala Review
from Japan
Naomi Mori of Backtrack reviews ABT’s All Star Gala program from Tokyo, where the company is performing until March 2 (see her review of ABT’s Nutcracker in the previous post). She liked female leads Gillian Murphy and Skylar Brandt and …