Last year, my American Ballet Theatre Met season wrap-up lamented on the lack of great new men on the horizon. I’m happy to report that ABT has found one piece of the puzzle. With his Wednesday matineé and Friday performances …
Roberto Bolle Final ABT Performance; Lane/Cornejo Sizzle
The big American Ballet Theatre Manon news last week was Roberto Bolle’s farewell ABT performance Thursday. Leading lights in the ballet world were on hand to celebrate Roberto’s great career and work at ABT (check out curtain call photos at …
Roberto Bolle Final ABT Performance
I posted curtain call photos of Roberto Bolle’s final American Ballet Theatre performance Thursday on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. It was a great and dramatic performance with extended curtain calls to commemorate Roberto’s great work at ABT. Many were on …
Le Corsaire Wrap-Up and Trigger Warning Thoughts
American Ballet Theatre ended its Le Corsaire run Saturday evening with a rousing performance, although lacking the electricity of the Tuesday opening. Part of the reason was the absence of Daniil Simkin from the Ali role due to injury. Daniil’s …
Mack Debuts in Le Corsaire; Daniil Rocks the Met
Bummer Alert: Daniil Simkin is no longer scheduled to perform this week, replaced by James Whiteside and Joo Won Ahn in the Ali role Electricity filled the Met Opera House in Tuesday’s American Ballet Theatre Le Corsaire as Daniil Simkin …
Jane Eyre: UK and NY Critics Diverge
American Ballet Theatre broke its string of new saccharine Ratmansky full-lengths (Golden Cockerel, Whipped Creme, Harlequinade) by adding to its repertory Cathy Marston’s ballet interpretation of Charlotte Brontë’s, Jane Eyre. The work, which was created for Northern Ballet in 2016 …