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eduardo

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  1. I stand corrected. The Nutcracker title made me think it was a Nutcracker discussion. Anyway, by no means I intended to hijack the thread. I just added one single name to the short list made by On Point upthread.
  2. I'd add Ana Sophia Scheller, who was a principal dancer when she left the company.
  3. Disclaimer # 1: I live in South America and I don’ t visit NYC very often, but whenever possible I try to attend a NYCBallet performance, especially if they are dancing Balanchine. Disclaimer # 2: I’m not knowledgeable about ballet. I just enjoy it (I guess, in a more simple way than most forum members, based on what I read here). That being said, I couldn’t agree more with @cubanmiamiboy about Peck and Gordon today. I think she was incredible, but I also think she didn’t seem to connect with him at all. This is one of those things I don’t notice by myself, but after reading what cubanmiamiboy said I thought he is absolutely right! On the other hand, I was amazed by Apollo. I love that ballet and I’ve been lucky enough to see it several times here. To my eyes it never looked as fresh as this afternoon. Sometimes I felt like the performers were dancing an early twentieth century choreography, something venerable but old, like a painting from an old master. Sure I thought the dancers in those performances were giving their best, but I felt they were not “living” the ballet (sometimes I’ve felt similar with my all time fav: 4Ts). Today I had a cmpletely different feeling, like it was a brand new work, in particular with Chan and Nadon. I had tears in my eyes when the curtain came down. Unfortunately, 4Ts Isn’t part of this All Balanchine season, but I consider myself lucky that I’ll hace the chance of attending programs IV and V next week😊
  4. I'm doubtful now, because in the video posted by @ABT Fan upthread, the male dancer who seems to be the one who partners the ballerina the most is also the turning man. Perhaps it is possible to switch different segments between both leading men because of the dancers' abilities/difficulties? I've seen that done for female dancers in the closing number of Suite en Blanc.
  5. Thank you, @ABT Fan! That video shows your point 👍 and also I realize that my favourite is the second lead man, especially for those beautiful jumps in the Mazurka.
  6. Pardon my ignorance. I didn't know that the two lead men are first and second. Would you please explain which one is the first?
  7. Agreed, but I'm astonished with the perfection of that Tall Girl, both in rehearsal and performance! 😲
  8. That's another great point I also missed. Thank you, @fondoffouettes!
  9. See? That's a great point. Thanx, nanushka!
  10. What @Drew said raised one more time something I´ve always wondered. Is the "tall girl" a nickname that was born with the original cast, or perhaps because of tradition? I don't seem to find any reasons for having a tall dancer in that role. Of course, I don't mean I'm right (I'm probably missing the reasons to say the opposite 🙃). Is it just a matter of contrast with the other main female role, who seems to be cast on the shorter side? Does it have to do with the "character" of the role?
  11. What I find surprising about that comment is that it was done with the account "abtofficial". If you look at that profile, it states clearly that it's "The official instagram of the Dancers of American Ballet Theatre", adding that "posts are our own opinion and not official statements of American Ballet Theatre". So, I wonder whether that's an ABT statement.
  12. I do realize this is off topic and apologize for that. As a foreigner who doesn't live in the US and knows nothing about that, I wonder why many people despise the fact that the former NY State Theatre has been renamed Koch Theatre.
  13. Thank you so much, @Drew, for your detailed reply! I had no idea about that. Those days must have been very hard for everyone at the company, and I guess all those who were involved thought thew were right and the other/s were not.
  14. Any particular reason for Farrell and Martins being "like oil and water"? I'm not much very knowledgeable about that. I recall having seen them dance together in the well known video of Chaconne.
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