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I am a ballet fan and photographer living in New York City. You can see my work, which focuses on curtain calls of ballet dancers, houses of worship, and landscapes at notmydayjobphotography.

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ABT Returns to the Met: Don Quixote

KentGBecker June 20, 2022

American Ballet Theatre opened its Spring Season with Don Quixote at the Metropolitan Opera House Monday after a three-year absence due to COVID-19 (with a one-month delayed start due to the ridiculous extension of the Met Opera season, resulting in …

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Daniil Simkin at Kennedy Center
New YouTube Video

KentGBecker May 9, 2022

Check out my latest YouTube video on Daniil Simkin. American Ballet Theatre performed Don Quixote at the Kennedy Center in March 2022. As I noted in my last video on Aran Bell, I value the immediacy social media provides on …

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New Aran Bell Video

KentGBecker April 27, 2022

American Ballet Theatre performed Don Quixote at the Kennedy Center in March. The company posted a rehearsal video from Aran Bell’s Don Quixote Grand pas de deux variation. Bell’s variation is noteworthy for his top-notch execution and several unique innovations …

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Vladimir Vasiliev ballet

Vladimir Vasiliev YouTube Video

KentGBecker April 10, 2022

Check out my latest YouTube video on Soviet-era Bolshoi ballet star Vladimir Vasiliev. Vasiliev was a legendary Soviet-era dancer, one of the most influential dancers of the 20th Century. Although not as well known as Mikhail Baryshnikov or Rudolf Nureyev …

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Baryshnikov in the Movies! New YouTube Video: The Turning Point

KentGBecker February 15, 2022

Mikhail Baryshnikov is one of the few ballet dancers that has widespread recognition outside of the dance world. In addition to his jaw dropping technical abilities, his acting in four movies and one cable series from the 1970s through the …

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ABT Summer Schedule Announced;
Season Reduced to Five Weeks

KentGBecker December 29, 2021

American Ballet Theatre’s Metropolitan Opera House schedule is out. The traditional eight-week Spring Season at the Met has been shortened to a five-week Summer Season from June 13-July 16 due to a Metropolitan Opera scheduling change announced in 2018. ABT …

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