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This is good to hear. Some time ago Brandt posted on Instagram some clips of rehearsals with Crispino (I think it was of Don Q) and I thought he was excellent in both technique and aplomb.

Thanks so much for posting this, vipa! I have always loved Sarah Lane's dancing, and whether rightly or wrongly, I have always blamed McKenzie for the pauses in the trajectory of her career.

Same here.

Also, the subscription brochure arrives in the Fall, and I believe it has preliminary casting, so subscribers (and anyone who goes to the Master Calendar) will be informed about casting before they have to decide whether to renew their subscriptions or switch to other subscriptions. You can dream for months about the latest debut performance coming up.

When Joseph Gordon is on stage, I can't take my eyes off him.

That's so interesting, Quiggin. So what would be examples of Balanchine ballets that aren't parodies--the black and white, perhaps?

But will they be turned out?

Never assume that anyone knows what they'r doing.

Jake Roxander!

I think that whoever titled Mr. Shayer's op-ed piece, and perhaps it was Mr. Shayer himself, got it absolutely right. ABT does not see him as he sees himself, because he has a false sense of how he appears to others as a classical dancer, i.e., he sees himself as dancing like a prince, but he doesn't have the finesse that a prince needs to have. He was hired when he was young and his high jump suggested he had promise. Either he doesn't quite have what it takes or he didn't put in the work to develop it and his jumps were no longer so high as they had been.

You might want to tell him that on Instagram or elsewhere.

I'm relieved to know it's not just me. I was afraid I had lost my love of ballet.

Everyone's technical flaws are exposed most egregiously in Petipa. You're right, though, in suggesting that more contemporary ballets have more room for personality.

Just want to give a shout-out to Erica Lall for her delightful performance in last night's Act I pas de trois. Technically precise with high jumps, soft landings, and visible charm.

Thank you, abatt.