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Thanks for posting. Debra Austin was one of my favorite dancers in NY and Philly-we all loved her performances. Another great dancer I just posted about was Judy Tyrus.

I think Dance Theatre of Harlem did an expanded Corsaire Pas de Deux staged by Karel Shook. Judy Tyrus is archiving the company's work. https://www.instagram.com/p/BGW8TEBEAM6/?taken-by=judytyrus

Byron did not write Corsaire in a vacuum and it sold 10,000 copies the first day. The Mediterranean/Aegean were dangerous and pirate ballets existed since at least 1826. Galzarani and an 1857 ballet by Guisseppe Rota based on Uncle Tom's Cabin: https://books.google.com/books?id=RH87XE25bCEC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=Giovanni+Galzerani&source=bl&ots=O5V8Ty-iFE&sig=Ib5QRd6uJMW0ztXZ_35HSR1wuH0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikwZqx6brUAhVDxoMKHSJFCVQ4FBDoAQgsMAI#v=onepage&q=Giovanni Galzerani&f=false Corsaire, Bayadere, Raymonda, etc should not be removed from repertory but companies should not have dancers in blackface. [http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_3_No_18_October_2013/28.pdf ] . Balanchine's Don Quixote in 1965 had a publication including essay by Auden, excerpts from the 1605 Miquel De Cervantes Saavedra novel, photos, illustrations [woodcuts by Gustave Dore from the 1869 French edition].

Program A Sun- Appreciated Square Dance, Tarantella, Odessa. Rodeo was, as I expected, athletic teams. Costume budget? The lyrical section needed women [lines extended on point] combined with men. The music carried the work. Program B-Sat. Times Are Racing -The KC had nothing on the website about earplugs and they should have been passed out on entry for free. Surreal that this was NYCB .

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Midsummer tutus in the lobby display case? Times Are Racing was fun but too long-again Peck needs an edit button. The metro escalator was making particularly loud electronic noises and sounded like part of the score. Too much was simply static but the later portion had better, more distinctive segments like the hollow percussion. http://www.nycballet.com/ballets/t/the-times-are-racing.aspx "... matching Dan Deacon’s electronic score with youthful impulse and vigor." Where/why were they exhibiting youthful impulse and vigor? Reviewers seem to enter the realm of politics and angst. What? They congregate to party and all are happy through out. J Peck replaced Ashley Isaacs so I assume he was the large guy [brown underarmour type shirt with dark jeans] in dance offs with Stanley [white tank-teens call a wife beater- with jeans]. Others also wore standard teen clothes: tall guy BBall shirt & athletic shorts, girls cut off jean shorts, JV overhall guy [enjoyed his dancing-Suozzi?], etc. What was the costume budget?

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I see via internet search that la Scala was engaged and oddly not listed but is on the linked pdf update 7-26-16. The full calendar, all genres, all venues has lots of open slots. IDK.

Press release 2016-17 links to a pdf showing the addition of La Scala in late July to it's category International Dance: https://www.scfta.org/About/Media/Season-Announcements/16-17-Dance-Series.aspx The full calendar 2017-18 has empty dates. Check ticket sales at venues. Mik? La Scala? You get ABT Nutcracker-the KC has gone regional since any Nut sells and presents an opportunity for companies to perform at the KC that would not produce revenue to justify a booking.

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KC Open Rehearsal tickets [no donor presale] are now on sale for Mariinsky La Bayadere [and ABT Whipped Cream]. That contract expired in 2012 so I'll binge watch the Mariinsky La Bayadere regardless of cast. This annual engagement is a handshake deal. http://tass.com/society/927956 Is this a who decides what we see issue? The undersold Ballet Across America should have resembled Woetzel's Vail or Benois. Annual ballet "anchor tenants" at the KC: booked Mariinsky/ABT/NYCB, site rental WB, phased out sponsored Farrell. Thanksgiving Nutcracker is now regionals. 2017-18 season includes Cuban's Don Q/Giselle. Old but good article on the KC: http://www.performingarts.jp/E/pre_interview/0706/1.html

How long is Odessa? The runtime for the actual dancing for the KC2 seems very short. Do you think they'll add a 4rth short piece? Rodeo costumes look like rugby uniforms and men's/woman gymnastics while the sneaker looks like underarmour.

I saw her perform several times in the eighties including Les Sylphides and Rose Adagio. Ms Gillian Murphy has posted a beautiful video on Instagram of Kolpakova and David Hallberg. Love ABT.

Companies also should sell tickets. The Ballet Dance Across America at the KC was undersold and a fill in was a Peck piece. Tickets also became cheap. A few years ago at the KC NYCB did 2 programs: 1. Serenade, Agon, Symphony in C; 2. Symphonic Dances, Pictures at an Exhibition, This Bitter Earth, Everywhere We Go. Splitting the Balanchine on this Kennedy Center 2017 trip should improve sales.

I've also noticed the shift in programming. I was considering going Monday to see the Abrerra-Gomes but ... I also enjoyed getting early access to the very limited Open Rehearsal tickets-now all have to wait for the sale to the general public. 2013-2014 was a very good year http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/PressRelease.pdf Is it really the same theatre? Bolshoi Ballet - Giselle [ the last G I 've seen had a super cast of Zharkarova, Hallberg, Tsvirko, Allash]; Mariinsky Ballet Swan Lake; ABT mixed bill After Effect, The Dream, Don Quixote; NYCB Jewels and mixed bill; Boston Ballet; Pennsylvania Ballet with Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Joffrey Nutcracker; Suzanne Farrell Chaconne and Mozartiana.

My favorites were ABT's Baryshnikov [ Wolf Trap with Tcherkassky], Shlyarov [dress rehearsal with Shapran], and ABT's Cornejo video. Note the variation in costumes from ABT to Mariinsky etc. Having seen the same dancer go full out with and without the Mariinsky costume - headdress and more body suit floral appliques- the ABT costume and the lack of the headdress are my favorites for capturing the essence of the poem. Baryshnikov with ABT : These 3 are not androgynous in the role but to me exemplify the poem. There's a video of Baryshnikov with Fonteyn and again he doesn't come off as androgynous. That Mariinsky run I also saw Kim and Latypov . Kim was androgynous.

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NEA has an OIG-Office of Inspector General and some reports online with partial audit info. Project grants with links to categories and jurisdictions: .

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There have been comments on at least one thread about the NEA and I was surprised at the low amount of money granted by the NEA for major companies, productions, and schools. Have there been changes in NEA grant limits? Policies? On the link I posted to Ballet Theatre Foundation [ABT] some FYs had as much as 1.25m. https://apps.nea.gov/GAAG/frmStart.aspx ABT requested reimbursement of 900k leaving 350k. Grant Number: 85-4621-0006 General Information Grantee: Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Grant Period: 09/01/1985 - 08/31/1988 Grant Amount: $1,250,000