With the start of the New Year a few days ago, it’s hard to believe that the Mariinsky Ballet will be at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in less than two weeks. Tickets are going fast, so if you want …
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!! Thanks for tuning in during 2014 and look forward to more ballet commentary and photography in 2015.
Balletfocus 2014 Highlights
Balletfocus 2014 highlights: Polina Semionova, ABT Don Quixote, June 17 Polina Semionova was stunning as Kitri in ABT’s Don Quixote on May 17. If there is a better Kitri in the world today, I would like to see it. …
On the Town:
Helluva Show in a Helluva Town
I’ve seen dozens of ballets in 2014 but zero Broadway shows. After tiring of Nutcracker, I jumped at the chance to see On the Town at the Lyric Theatre given its ties to the ballet world-Jerome Robbins was the original …
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from balletfocus.com and notmydayjobphotography.com. Above is a beautiful stained glass window from Saint Jean Baptiste Church at 76th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan. The stained glass artist was Charles Lorin. You can see Lorin’s “signature” …
ABT Nutcracker at BAM
Sad to see that this is ABT’s last season of Nutcracker at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Beginning December 2015, ABT will perform at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. When ABT announced the new Alexei …