NYCB’s Thursday performance of Masters at Work featured two dissimilar but delightful and cheery works: Balanchine’s 1965 Harlequinade and Jerome Robbins’ 1958 N.Y. Export, Opus Jazz. Balanchine created the two-act Harlequinade for the 65th anniversary of the original production by …
Mixed Rep, Oct. 14
Paloma’s Final Performance The Buenos Aires Herald reports on Paloma Herrera’s final performance Sunday: Paloma’s performance: she was radiant, looked young, unbelievably supple, her technique honed to perfection. Indeed she proved that she is retiring in the fullness of her art. …
NYCB 21st Century Choreographers, Oct 9
NYCB’s 21st Century Choreographers program consists of five works from young choreographers. I saw the Friday performance-short at only 1 hour and 57 minutes-which will be repeated October 16 and the evening of the 17th. The pieces were interesting, but only …
The Walk-A Must See Movie
With all the ballets I attend, I don’t see many movies. Fortunately, I made an exception last weekend, seeing The Walk with my family. The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Flight) stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, …
Hurricane Joaquin Hits NYC:
NYCB Oct. 3
Joaquin De Luz was one of my favorite dancers at ABT and I remember his great work in Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. He was always precise and exact in his movements filled with substantial athleticism in this challenging piece. Happy …
NYCB Americana Program, Oct 2
NYCB presented a celebration of dance set to American composers in Americana X Five Friday evening. My favorite of the evening was the comical Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, created for the 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical On Your Toes. This was …