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I agree. With all due respect to a great artist, please no Ferri.

I had a feeling this was coming. I wish him all the best. I think we'll continue to see great things from him on the stage.

Same here. Not romantic at all.

I agree. I am very happy for him, but will miss him very much. Like others have said, I doubt he'll perform much w/ ABT going forward (he'll probably be more like a guest artist during the Met season). His acting, partnering, and artistry has improved so much and I have loved watching him grow from a pyro-technique wiz kid into a more complete artist. But, I suppose the silver lining is that it'll open up opportunities for others, most likely Arron Scott and Gabe Shayer.

Wow. Well, he grew up in Germany and I think his folks still live there, so in addition to performing works that ABT doesn't do perhaps that influenced his decision. I imagine he'll just do the Met season and not the fall or any touring.

And, when the Bravo channel was actually devoted to arts programming....instead of the reality junk (I mean programs) we get now.

That's a very strange ad. They couldn't have used a real dancer?

Yuriko and Jared are safe and so is their home. I have a feeling they're unusually lucky. https://www.instagram.com/p/BYYXlTZHX8P/?hl=en

Trump declines invitation to attend Kennedy Center Honors: The Trumps Bow Out. Will Future Presidents Attend the Kennedy Center Honors? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/arts/trump-kennedy-center-honors.html

Birdsall, you're right on the money. I've lived in NYC for 30 years now and have taken public transit everyday. Thought nothing could compare with that (in the 80's the subway wasn't safe like it is now). Then I took a Greyhound to FL one year (what was I thinking?) and have taken other buses around the Tampa/St Petersburg area. Not unless I'm in dire straits, as you say, will I ever do that again. Very scary. Golden Idol, if you choose to go that route, be safe!

I totally agree. Why can't they represent both their history w/ some Tudor, de Mille, etc. with the newer works with Wheeldon, Ratmansky, etc. I'll probably go to one performance, but I'm probably not inclined to see more than that (and casting isn't helping either).

Drug addiction can cause all kinds of disorderly behavior, if she was under the influence while she allegedly committed these robberies. There is sometimes no "why".

Has there been any announcement as to who will take over Vail when Woetzel goes to Juilliard next year?

I'm so happy to hear that Ribagorda is returning! He always caught my eye. It'll be interesting to see him back on stage after 2 years. I'm surprised about Salstein. I loved his Hilarion which he debuted this past season. I will definitely miss him. He brought so much character and crispness to everything he did. I wonder what his plans are? Separately, apparently ABT jumped the gun by moving the promoted dancers to their new ranks now instead of waiting till Sept 1 when their press release said they were to take effect. So nice to finally see Lane and Royal in the principal and soloist ranks, respectively.

Didn't want to create a new thread for this. Sarah Lane will be dancing O/O with Vadim Muntagirov at the Kremlin Int'l Ballet Festival on Sept 29: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXSt-lrBisj/?hl=en&taken-by=sarahlaneps103

I'll have to try it there - thanks!

The title is "The CocoMotion" dated May 19, 2017, on the second page of his podcasts here (2nd podcast from the top): http://www.premierdancenetwork.com/stage-rightside/page/2/ When the link initially didn't work for me, I wasn't motivated then to investigate but you reminded me that I wanted to hear it as you do. Let's see if they respond to me!

angelica: I have a feeling that either Cory's podcast was taken down (but you can still see the entry) or that it became corrupted in some way that it cannot be played. I just tried all of Whiteside's other podcasts and they all work except Cory's, so it isn't a problem with the link: http://www.premierdancenetwork.com/stage-rightside/ I sent a note to the network and I'll let you know if they respond.

I had the same problem a few weeks ago and couldn't listen to it either. I haven't tried again since but it sounds like the issue is still there.

Canbelto: "Alena Kovaleva. I think she looks so much like suzanne farrell down to the underbite." My goodness! If Farrell had a daughter.....

WOW!

If only the Hallberg/Osipova Giselle were happening in NY. I'd love to see that partnership in that ballet again.

Their website brings back (oh so fond) memories of a former landlord who refused to fix most anything or just took the band-aid approach. She thought if she just slapped a fresh coat of (crappy) paint over something her tenants would consider it "fixed". The cracked or water-damaged walls were still there just glossed over. Did ABT really think people wouldn't notice (or care)? Could they only afford to have its home page upgraded?

There would go ALL of my free time....

During the Met season (and the subsequent issues with their website) I stopped reading the home page and would just click on "See Full Schedule" under Performances in the middle of the screen to get to the old site and navigate from there (whether it was to actually see the schedule or News or Dancers or whatever). I ran out of patience and their circa 1999 site still works fine.