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vagansmom

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  • Birthday August 16

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  • Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
    musicality coach to dancers, professional dancer's parent
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    Hartford
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    CT

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  1. ABT is lucky to have Barry. I've followed his career since he was a teenager. Barry has always been an organizational leader. He commits 100% and has a great record as executive director. He is also a wonderful human being.
  2. I think Peter Martins had closed eyes when it came to diversity. For example, his image of a male principal dancer was himself: Tall and blond. He stereotyped certain looks in certain roles, bypassing many capable dancers. Partnering had to be a male with a female. Once he left, there was a substantial shift. Lots more needs to be done, but it does look like community outreach is starting to work.
  3. If the floors were built for opera, they are not sprung floors. Harlequin floors are terrific. My husband is an Irish step dance teacher and we use Harlequin floors. There is a Harlequin floor that is meant for traveling; it is thinner, therefore lighter. I wonder how many dancers are wearing Gaynor Minden pointe shoes. They are a lot noisier than the others.
  4. I think it is way too soon to think Jaffe's tenure is a return to the "McKenzie directorship," although I do sympathize with the frustration and disappointment in the changes. We really don't know what has caused them: illnesses and/or injuries could be playing a part. Maybe a dancer has asked to be removed (!) to a family circumstance...we just don't know.
  5. Chloe's mom has probably had a major influence on her career and that's a very lucky and wonderful thing for Chloe who, to me, seems like a very talented, deserving dancer. She has been lucky to have a mom who can guide and perhaps teach or at least help her polish her technique through the years. Are you implying it's an unfair advantage? To my mind, as long as a dancer is deserving in her own right, it doesn't matter how she reached that point. If you often read the bios of dancers as do I, you will find that many started out in their (usually) mothers' studios.
  6. Emma Von Enck is fast becoming the dancer I wish to see the most. For many years, it was Sterling Hyltin. Heartbreaking for me to see her retire. So it's such a thrill to find a new dancer to follow with great affection.
  7. I'm very sorry for the dancers who are ill or injured. But with so many out, perhaps this means some new Sugat Plums and Dewdrops?
  8. Thank you, canbelto, for your lovely article about Sterling Hyltin. I have treasured her the same as you. Her epaulement is absolutely beautiful. Hyltin's arms float; I don't think anyone in NYCB has arms as beautifully graceful as hers. Her musicality and artistry is superb. I'm so sorry I couldn't be there for her last performance. Way back last spring, I had scheduled a month with my daughter's family in North North Carolina to babysit my grandson. I wish it had been taped. Thank you so much for posting the farewell to Hyltin. I cried through it all. Who is the woman that she bowed down on her knee to? Hyltin has been such a treasure for this company. Her gorgeous dancing, her professionalism no matter what her disappointments are, her graciousness, her warmth and sunnyness place her as the perfect mentor to young dancers. As to her future, any company, within and without the ballet world, would be thrilled to have her in their midst.
  9. What an instrument! It's going to be so much fun to watch her!
  10. Re Aron Bell: I found the quote about a possible injury on the thread about Romeo and Juliet. I hope very much that Bell has other commitments and not an injury. JuliaJ posted, "Bell was also great, very boyish, and was technically strong although maybe a bit more careful than usual. There have been mysterious reports of him being injured this season, and I saw no clear evidence of that, although I've seen him give more "wow!" performances in the past.
  11. Am I remembering correctly that he had an injury at the end of the season?
  12. I read in an interview with Hyltin that her first principal role at NYCB was in 2006 as Sugar Plum. She said it was her breakthrough performance and as such, it holds a special place in her heart. So it makes sense she'd want to close her NYCB career in that role.
  13. I will miss her terribly. Hyltin has been my favorite NYCB dancer for many years. Is there anyone else who dances like her?
  14. I also had a crush on Peter Tork. I wrote an admiring letter to him. His mom answered me! I still have the letter. She said, "Thank you for your letter to my son, Peter. He is very busy right now, so I am writing for him. I'm glad you like him so much. I do too. He is a very kind and talented young man and I am very proud of him."
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