canbelto Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Danchig-Waring and Tyler Angle were both replaced yesterday in DAAG (by Amar Ramasar and Jared Angle). Teresa Reichlen's Firebird was absolutely amazing. Link to comment
kbarber Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 NYCB has just informed me that the new Lopez Ochoa piece Unframed will be replaced by After the Rain pas de deux on Saturday afternoon. Link to comment
canbelto Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) The swap out seems to be because of injury to Adrian Danchig-Waring who had a prominent place in Unframed. He's been replaced in Dances at a Gathering on Thursday night as well. Taylor Stanley also is replaced in all his roles. Tyler Angle as well. Hope they are okay. Edited October 12, 2016 by canbelto Link to comment
Helene Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Danchig-Waring and Tyler Angle both had prominent roles in "Unframed": they were the partners in the two main pas de deux, in the Elgar (with Sterling Hyltin) and Vasks (with Tiler Peck) respectively. Link to comment
canbelto Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 http://www.nycballet.com/NYCB/media/NYCBMediaLibrary/PDFs/Press/Casting/NYCB-Casting_October-11-16-2016_Lobby-101216.pdf There's been more cast shuffling. Lovette and Janzen are no longer debuting in American Rhapsody. Lovette has also been replaced in the Friday and Saturday DAAG with Megan Fairchild (apricot). Megan was originally going to dance green, and Sara Mearns has replaced her as Green Girl. Finlay is replacing Ramasar as Green Boy (Ramasar is now doing Green Boy with the Thursday cast). Preston Chamblee is out of Glass Pieces as well, and he made a rather cryptic post on Instagram about his future: Link to comment
Barbara Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I saw Adrian D-W in Glass Pieces Sun matinee, also T. Angle in Stars & Stripes - both seemed uninjured. Hope it is something minor. L. Lovette also posted a cryptic instagram message (no time to figure out how to link it here) but if she's injured I also hope that is minor. Heavy Nutcracker season ahead! Link to comment
Jacqueline Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Sara Mearns also referred to a "tough day at NYCB" after last night's DAAG on her Instagram. I assumed that meant injuries, leading to the casting shuffling. Hope all is minor, and well. Link to comment
canbelto Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I caught a slew of performances this fall season. My thoughts about some of the highlights here: http://poisonivywalloftext.blogspot.com/2016/10/nycbs-fall-season-wrap-up.html Link to comment
E Johnson Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I saw two performances this fall, the "American Music" program on October 9 and then the modified 21st century choreographers on October 15. My comments on the first of these: Glass Pieces continues to be a great pleasure, and I continue to think its time to redo the costumes. Those shiny pastel unitards are terribly dated and also terribly unflattering; when Sara Mearns looks flabby there's something wrong. The third movement, Ahkenaten, with its long opening section for the male corps is my favorite, but this time I was drawn to the egalitarian-ness of the choreography. Robbins has some really misogynistic moments, but none here; the group of girls that enters is an even match for the boys' energy and while the groups end up dancing is very close proximity, and pair off a bit, there’s no actual partnering. Thou Swell -- my opinion of Martins as a choreographer sinks every time I see another of his works. I used to find the choreography stupid but this one I found contemptuous, and contemptible. Ok, it looks like a 30's jazz club and you have the fancy designer costumes (including ridiculous capes for two of the women, one of which looks like the pelt of a green Muppet) and you have singers onstage. Its obvious gala fare, intended to appeal to audience members who don't necessarily like ballet -- so let's distract them with mirrors and show tunes! But there’s nothing else there. the dancers generally stay in their pairings (as opposed to a lot of martins' works where people pair off randomly, it seems), but none of the relationships have a discernible emotional through line, and on the occasions when there are singers on stage-- so you’d expect the lyrics to somehow relate to or illuminate the dancing -- they seem to instead do nothing more than maybe convey a mood, and otherwise the lyrics often contradict what is shown in the steps. No blame on the dancers, they performed wonderfully for the most part (Ask LaCour really doesn’t have the jazzy thing down, though). Further, the costumes on the four dancers playing waitresses manage to make them look stumpy and flash their ruffled underpants constantly, and to make this all just more embarrassing ofe the four men cast as waiters, two were African American apprentices. "Welcome to the company! Now dress up in a waiter uniform and bring the white ladies their coats." Stars and stripes - either you love this one or you really don’t, and I have moved to the loving it side over time. Really nice turn as Liberty Belle by Megan Fairchild and by Daniel Ulbricht leading the men’s regiment, and I will confess to a lump in my throat when the flag started scrolling up the backdrop. Link to comment
Helene Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 But the headbands are frighteningly evocative. Link to comment
E Johnson Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 21 minutes ago, Helene said: But the headbands are frighteningly evocative. They certainly contribute to the whole "jane fonda aerobic wear" aesthetic! Link to comment
sandik Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 23 hours ago, E Johnson said: They certainly contribute to the whole "jane fonda aerobic wear" aesthetic! Some things are just very clearly an example of their time, and these costumes are in that category. As we get further away from that moment, our perception of them will change. They will look dated (and we will be uncomfortable), then they will look plain old-fashioned (and we will be disdainful). Then they will look retro (and we will be ironic), and then they will look vintage (and we will kick ourselves for not keeping them when we had them). Link to comment
vagansmom Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Great response, sandik. Link to comment
Jacqueline Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Agree, vagansmom. I long for the return of the original "Who Cares?" costumes. Link to comment
Jayne Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Does anyone have the techno powers to do some image compare/contrast of the "Who Cares?" Costumes are original / new? Link to comment
wonderwall Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Casting for November 25-27th Nutcracker shows are up. A few apprentices and debuts! http://www.nycballet.com/NYCB/media/NYCBMediaLibrary/PDFs/Press/Casting/NYCB-Casting_Nov-25-27,-2016_lobby.pdf Link to comment
balletforme Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 The link is dead? Link to comment
Emma Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Weird. Well I downloaded it. Is there a way I can upload it? Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Try this one: http://www.nycballet.com/NYCB/media/NYCBMediaLibrary/PDFs/Press/Casting/NYCB-Casting_Nov-25-27-2016_lobby.pdf Link to comment
wonderwall Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Second week of casting is up. You can access both weeks here: http://www.nycballet.com/casting/default.aspx Link to comment
Waelsung Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Which cast would you say is preferable? Link to comment
canbelto Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 It's a matter of preference but I'd say Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin, Ashley Bouder are the three you really can't go wrong with. Bouder and Peck as Dewdrop are magnificent. Link to comment
Waelsung Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones! Link to comment
CTballetfan Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 When can we expect casting for the first two weeks of the winter season? Link to comment
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