New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Lovette’s new work The Shaded Line is for the young and woke. Unfortunately, I am neither. The work, which debuted Thursday, is a continuation of Lovette’s exploration of gender norms and conformity in society …
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Jewels Opens NYCB Fall Season
I’m thrilled that it’s finally ballet season after a long summer layoff. What better way to start the New York City Ballet fall season than with the Balanchine 1967 classic Jewels, which consists of with three plotless, unrelated segments: Emeralds, Rubies, …
NYCB Tickets on Sale for 2019/2020 Season
Above photo: Union Jack, January 24, 2014 New York City Ballet tickets for the 2019/2020 season are on sale. The Fall Season, which runs from September 17-October 13 features Balanchine classics Jewels, Serenade, Union Jack, Symphony in C, Tschaikovsky Piano …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty Final Performance
Indiana Woodward and Anthony Huxley finished New York City Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty run Sunday with a solid performance but, like the other NYCB performances I’ve seen over the past two weeks, with a few rough spots. Indiana portrayed Aurora with …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty:
Gordon Fills the Void
Recently, few male dancers at New York City Ballet have excelled in Petipa full-length ballets. Although refined in Balanchine/Robbins works, they struggle in 19th century “white-tights” ballets. The men’s efforts often have a “Let’s get through this performance…I don’t do …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty Off to Rocky Start
New York City Ballet opened its two-week Sleeping Beauty run Wednesday with a lackluster performance with little distinction and a few rough edges. Sterling Hyltin was Princess Aurora with Russell Janzen making his debut as Prince Désiré. Both score low on …