Balanchine’s diversity and range were on display Saturday night in the New York City Ballet Balanchine Short Stories program. The three works ranged from La Sonnambula, a mysterious tale in the 19th century Romantic genre, Prodigal Son, a classic story …
NYCB All Balanchine Review, January 19
The NYCB All Balanchine bill Thursday featured classics Allegro Brillante, Swan Lake, and The Four Temperaments. There were several cast changes as Megan Fairchild was out with the flu as reported on her Twitter feed, causing cast changes throughout the …
David Hallberg Returns to ABT
David Hallberg will return to ABT for the Spring Met season according to The New York Times and the ABT website. David has been out of action for over two years due to an ankle injury and has spent the last …
Happy New Year From Balletfocus!
Happy New Year from Balletfocus! Thanks for checking in over the past year. Here are some 2016 Balletfocus posts and projects I particularly enjoyed working on: Baryshnikov Video Series-In May, I posted on YouTube three videos highlighting Mikhail Baryshnikov’s great dancing. …
NYCB and ABT Struggle in Digital Age
Although Some Signs of Hope
Photo: ralphbijker at Flickr, © Creative Commons The New York Times reports that the final performance of New York City Ballet’s three-week run last summer in Paris will be broadcast on PBS February 17 and 24. As I discussed at length last …
David Hallberg Returns for Coppélia; Polina Semionova Expecting
David Hallberg Returns After Long Absence The Australian Ballet website has great photos by Kate Longley of David Hallberg’s return to the stage in Coppélia last week. David has been out for the past two and a half years with …