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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 7:30 PM

SERENADE: Mearns, Bouder, Krohn, J. Stafford, Danchig-Waring [GuestConductor: Bjaland]

RED ANGELS: ++Reichlen, ++Ramasar, Somogyi, ++J. Angle [solo Violin: +Rowell]

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TSCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX: M. Fairchild, De Luz [Conductor: Otranto]

FIREBIRD: Kowroski, la Cour, Lowery, Catazaro [Guest Conductor: Bjaland]

WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 7:30 PM

HALLELUJAH JUNCTION: Hyltin, Ulbricht, Garcia [solo Pianists: Grant, Walters]

SOIRÉE MUSICALE: Lovette, Pollack, Adams, Segin, Woodward, Finlay, Stanley, Ball, Walker, Ippolito [Conductor: Capps]

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A PLACE FOR US: T. Peck, R. Fairchild [solo Clarinet: Hartman+, Solo Piano: McDill]

FIREBIRD: Kowroski, la Cour, Lowery, Catazaro [Guest Conductor: Bjaland]

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 7:30 PM

CALCIUM LIGHT NIGHT: Hyltin, R. Fairchild [Conductor: Sill]

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RIVER OF LIGHT: Reichlen, Lowery, Pereira, Ramasar, J. Stafford, Finlay [Conductor: Sill]

TWO HEARTS: T. Peck, T. Angle [Conductor: Capps]

FIREBIRD: Bouder, J. Peck, Muller, Scordato [Guest Conductor: Bjaland]

FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 8 PM

ALL BALANCHINE

SERENADE: ++Hyltin, M. Fairchild, LeCrone, J. Angle, la Cour [Guest Conductor: Bjaland]

IVESIANA: Laracey, Catazaro, Taylor, Huxley, Reichlen, la Cour [Conductor: Sill]

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TARANTELLA: Pereira, Ulbricht [Conductor: Sill, Solo Piano: Chelton]

FIREBIRD: Bouder, J. Peck, Muller, Scordato [Guest Conductor: Bjaland]

SATURDAY MATINEE, MAY 25, 2 PM

TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY

FANCY FREE: Ulbricht, T. Angle, Veyette, Smith, Hyltin, Chrosniak, Prottas [Conductor: Capps]

CAROUSEL (A DANCE): ++Lovette, ++R. Fairchild, ++Adams, ++Alberda, ++Segin, ++Tworzyanski [Conductor: Otranto]

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE: Finlay, Ramasar, Veyette, Arthurs, Ringer, Smith [Conductor: Sill]

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 8 PM

TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY

(Conductor: Otranto)

CAROUSEL (A DANCE): Lovette, R. Fairchild, Adams, Alberda, Segin, Tworzyanski

WHO CARES?: Ramasar, Hyltin, Reichlen, Bouder [solo Piano: Grant]

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE: Finlay, J. Peck, Veyette, Arthurs, Pazcoguin, Smith

SUNDAY MATINEE, MAY 26, 3 PM

TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY

FANCY FREE: De Luz, R. Fairchild, TBD, Smith, T. Peck, Chrosniak, Prottas [Conductor: Capps]

WHO CARES?: Ramasar, Hyltin, Reichlen, Bouder [Conductor: Otranto, Solo Piano: Grant]

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE: Finlay, J. Peck, Veyette, Lovette, Pazcoguin, Smith [Conductor: Otranto]

* First Time in Role +Guest Artist ++NY Debut

PROGRAM AND CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE (05/10/13)

Thank you, Cristian. And here's another thread that may help you, Daniel.

You may also want to browse through other topics in this sub-forum. Sometimes members include relevant info in posts primarily devoted to other aspects of the ballet.

Just a reminder to please be discreet with information that Ms. McLain might prefer not to publicize. Please use the Contact Us link, and with her permission, we will send Fra's email address for you to forward to Ms. McLain. Thank you.

Did you see that? May 19? Somogyi's back! Ordinarily, not a program I'd go to, but pending casting for Week 4, I may just go.

And Week 3, May 14 - 19, 2013:

TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 7:30 PM

ALL MARTINS

SEE THE MUSIC...

(Conductors: Sill, Capps, Otranto)

CALCIUM LIGHT NIGHT: Hyltin, *R. Fairchild [Conductor: Sill]

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RIVER OF LIGHT: Reichlen, Lowery, Pereira, Ramasar, J. Stafford, *Finlay [Conductor: Sill]

BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO: Mearns, M. Fairchild, la Cour, J. Angle [Conductor: Capps]

FEARFUL SYMMETRIES:*Krohn, *Danchig-Waring, T. Peck, Stanley, Isaacs, Huxley, Alberda, Peiffer, Applebaum [Conductor: Otranto]

WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 7:30 PM

(Conductor: Capps)

TWO HEARTS: T. Peck, T. Angle

SOIRÉE MUSICALE: Lovette, Pollack, Adams, Segin, Woodward, Finlay, Stanley, Ball, Walker, Ippolito

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A PLACE FOR US: T. Peck, R. Fairchild [solo Clarinet: Hartman+, Solo Piano: McDill]

HALLELUJAH JUNCTION: Hyltin, Ulbricht, Garcia [solo Pianists: Grant, Walters]

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 7:30 PM

(Conductors: Sill, Otranto)

SOPHISTICATED LADY: Kowroski, *la Cour [Conductor: Sill]

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THE INFERNAL MACHINE: *Laracey, Ramasar [Conductor: Sill]

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PURPLE (from ECSTATIC ORANGE): Taylor, *J. Angle [Conductor: Sill]

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HALLELUJAH JUNCTION:Hyltin, Ulbricht, Garcia [solo Pianists: Grant, Walters]

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE:Finlay, J. Peck, Veyette, Lovette, Pazcoguin, Smith [Conductor: Otranto]

FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 8 PM

(Conductor: Capps)

TWO HEARTS: T. Peck, T. Angle

SOIRÉE MUSICALE: Lovette, Pollack, Adams, Segin, Woodward, Finlay, Stanley, Ball, Walker, Ippolito

pause

A PLACE FOR US: T. Peck, R. Fairchild [solo Clarinet: Hartman+, Solo Piano: McDill]

HALLELUJAH JUNCTION: Hyltin, Ulbricht, Garcia [solo Pianists: Grant, Walters]

SATURDAY MATINEE, MAY 18, 2 PM

ALL MARTINS

(Conductors: Sill, Capps, Otranto)

CALCIUM LIGHT NIGHT: Hyltin, R. Fairchild

[Conductor: Sill]

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RIVER OF LIGHT: Reichlen, Lowery, Pereira, Ramasar, J. Stafford, Finlay [Conductor: Sill]

BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO: Mearns, Bouder, la Cour, J. Angle [Conductor: Capps]

FEARFUL SYMMETRIES: Krohn, Danchig-Waring, T. Peck, Stanley, Isaacs, Huxley, Alberda, Peiffer, Applebaum

[Conductor: Otranto]

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 8 PM

(Conductor: Sill)

SOPHISTICATED LADY: Kowroski, la Cour

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THE INFERNAL MACHINE: Laracey, Ramasar

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PURPLE (from ECSTATIC ORANGE): Taylor, J. Angle

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HALLELUJAH JUNCTION: Hyltin, Ulbricht, Garcia [solo Pianists: Grant, Walters]

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE:

Finlay, Ramasar, R. Fairchild, Arthurs, Ringer, Smith

SUNDAY MATINEE, MAY 19, 3 PM

(Conductor: Sill)

SOPHISTICATED LADY: Kowroski, la Cour

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THE INFERNAL MACHINE: Laracey, Ramasar

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PURPLE (from ECSTATIC ORANGE): *Somogyi, J. Angle

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HALLELUJAH JUNCTION: Hyltin, Ulbricht, Garcia [solo Pianists: Grant, Walters]

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE: Finlay, J. Peck, Veyette, Lovette, Pazcoguin, Smith

* First Time in Role +Guest Artist

As always, casting is subject to change. Please consult NYCB's casting page for any changes.

A little late in posting, but here's Week 2:

TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 7:30 PM

ALL RODGERS

(Conductor: Otranto)

THOU SWELL: Mearns, Ringer, Hyltin, Reichlen, J. Angle, Ramasar, R. Fairchild, la Cour

CAROUSEL (A DANCE): T. Peck, Veyette, Pollack, Stanley, Pazcoguin, Applebaum

SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE: R. Fairchild, Mearns, J. Peck, Dieck, Scordato, Ippolito, Prottas, Janzen

WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 7 PM

SPRING GALA

(Conductors: Capps, Otranto, Sill)

SOIRÉE MUSICALE (Wheeldon – NYCB Premiere):*Lovette, *Pollack, *Adams, *Segin, *Woodward, *Finlay, *Stanley, *Ball, *Walker, *Ippolito [Conductor: Capps]

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A PLACE FOR US (Wheeldon – World Premiere): *T. Peck, *R. Fairchild

Featuring Guest Artist Richard Stoltzman [solo Piano: McDill]

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“COOL” from WEST SIDE STORY SUITE: Veyette [Conductor: Otranto]

GLASS PIECES (Excerpt) [Conductor: Capps]

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“THE MAN I LOVE” from WHO CARES?: Ramasar, Hyltin

Featuring Guest Artist Queen Latifah [Conductor: Sill]

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STARS AND STRIPES (Excerpts) : Bouder, Veyette, Periera, Lowery, Ulbricht [Conductor: Otranto]

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 7:30 PM

ALL ROBBINS/ MORTON GOULD CENTENNIAL

(Conductor: Capps)

INTERPLAY: *Pollack, *Adams, *Woodward, *Segin, *Walker, *Gordon, *Ball, *Hoxha [solo Piano: Walters]

FANCY FREE: Ulbricht, T. Angle, Veyette, *Smith, Hyltin, Chrosniak, Prottas

I’M OLD FASHIONED: Gerrity, Mearns, Ringer, J. Peck, J. Stafford, T. Angle

FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 8 PM

(Conductor: Capps)

WESTERN SYMPHONY:

ALLEGRO: Krohn, J. Stafford; ADAGIO: M. Fairchild, J. Angle; RONDO: Reichlen, Veyette

N.Y. EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ: Pazcoguin, J. Peck, Laracey, Finlay

GLASS PIECES: Laracey, King, Arthurs, Kowroski, Finlay, Danchig-Waring, Tworzyanski, *Ramasar

SATURDAY MATINEE, MAY 11, 2 PM

ALL BALANCHINE

(Conductors: Sill, Otranto)

WHO CARES?: R. Fairchild, Hyltin, Scheller, Bouder [Conductor: Sill, Solo Piano: Grant]

IVESIANA: Laracey, Catazaro, Taylor, Huxley, *Reichlen, *la Cour [Conductor: Sill]

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TARANTELLA: T. Peck, Garcia [Conductor:Sill, Solo Piano: Chelton]

STARS AND STRIPES: Mearns, *T. Angle, King, LeCrone, *Schumacher [Conductor: Otranto]

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 8 PM

(Conductor: Capps)

WESTERN SYMPHONY:

ALLEGRO: Krohn, J. Stafford; ADAGIO: M. Fairchild, J. Angle; RONDO: Reichlen, Veyette

N.Y. EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ: Pazcoguin, J. Peck, Laracey, Finlay

GLASS PIECES: Pollack, King, Wellington, Whelan, Applebaum, Thew, Scordato, Danchig-Waring

SUNDAY MATINEE, MAY 12, 3 PM

(Conductor: Capps)

WESTERN SYMPHONY:

ALLEGRO: A. Stafford, Stanley; ADAGIO: M. Fairchild, J. Angle; RONDO: Mearns, R. Fairchild

N.Y. EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ: Pazcoguin, J. Peck, Laracey, Finlay

GLASS PIECES: Laracey, King, Arthurs, Kowroski, Finlay, Danchig-Waring, Tworzyanski, Ramasar

* First Time in Role

As always, casting is subject to change. Please consult NYCB's casting page for any changes.

Ah! Good news. Thank you. I've missed the boat on this year's tickets.

Thank you, California. Good to know.

Lots of good seats still today, but other ballet programs do sell out.

Maybe good, maybe not. Seating is unreserved. Doors to the auditorium open one-half hour before the program starts, but people start queueing a half hour or more before that.

Not arguing against Maria Kowroski in Slaughter. She's a beautiful dancer with a great sense of humor. But a couple of years ago, when I told a critic friend who hadn't seen it that I thought Sara Mearns' Slaughter was the performance of the season, he was extremely skeptical. After all, it's a slight ballet, originally created for the Broadway stage, doesn't seem to take itself seriously (nor should it). How could a dancer elevate it to "performance of the season" when so many superior works were on display? I understood, and a few days earlier would have been equally disbelieving that anyone could make Slaughter so important.

My friend went to see Mearns' final performance of that role for that season and reported back that he agreed with me. It is among the more memorable performances I've seen in some 38-39 years of regular ballet attendance.

I'm an unapologetic Balanchine partisan. The single best program of the season, in my opinion? June 9 (closing -- it appears to be the only time these are presented as a program this season):

• Serenade
  
• Stravinsky Violin Concerto
  
• Western Symphony.
  

Whatever you decide, I hope you enjoy.

Hi, balletmor. I'm not sure whether you mean simply an equivalent way of choosing, or the public spectacle of an open forum in which the various companies announce their chosen dancers. In a way the network of competitions serves the former's purpose. The most promising dancers are offered scholarships or contracts by participating and observing companies.

From the world of tweets and @JoyceDiDonato:

Most horrifying thing about being in London: going to the gym and working out next to a ROH ballet dancer. #notpretty

Sorry, Joyce, but is it any worse than, as a permanent amateur dancer, sharing a barre with an ABT soloist?

I thought you all might like this quote from the British dance critic Richard Buckle on 3rd Symphony:

...The sexes get together to pose for a victory photograph.

And we know what victories lead to.

For me the most frightening moment is when the ballerina in palest pink [sunday, Vanessa Zahorian, but I first felt it when Lucia Lacarra did it 10 years ago here; both danced it excellently] makes a perfect circle of the stage doing perfect pique turns while the corps girls rush around her chaotically -- I thought she was giongto collide with somebody, like a planet passing through a chaos of asteroids -- or like a soldier moving through a hail of bullets. [i was sitting in the orchestra, seen horizontally, the screen of corps dancers really looks like ONE of them is gong to hit her, you don't know which; I'm told that from upstairs, it's exciting but does not look dangerous because you can see the trajectories do not intersect.

For me, it's easy to take in the war/military references without necessarily making 3 Movements into a programmatic ballet. The sense of danger (ha-ha -- I typed that as "dancer") is pervasive, even in the "cheerful" sections of the outer movements. And the second movement? I'm not sure it alludes to war in any way, but I love that pas.

Martine Van Hamel, a great Myrtha,danced Giselle with C Tippett in the seventies(?) . Although she looked too healthy in the 1st act,I thought she did very well in the 2nd act.

Cynthia Gregory also did Giselle in that era, partnered by Ross Stretton:

http://www.nytimes.c...in-giselle.html

For all of you Roberto Bolle fans, his publicist forwarded his schedule for the remainder of 2013:

From the publicist:

...

Roberto Bolle and Friends Gala performance will be at New York City Center, September 17, 2013.

Presale tickets are on sale NOW and can be purchased using the link below:

http://www.nycitycen...anceNumber=7440

Or at the box office: 131 West 55th Street or call CityTix at 212-581-1212

Please find the press release ... below!

Roberto Bolle and Friends will be a unique experience for all Bolle aficionados as the Artistic Direction is by Roberto Bolle and this production has never been seen before in the United States.

Thanks for your interest!...

Read the PDF of Roberto Bolle’s recent article in Britain’s Fantastic Man:

http://sallyfischerp...antasticMan.pdf

Press Release

Artedanza S.r.l

In association with Acqua di Parma

and New York City Center

Present

ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS GALA

2013 - The Year of Italian Culture in the United States

Tues, Sept 17 at 7pm

Tickets start at $25

Artistic Direction by Roberto Bolle

Dancers include: Roberto Bolle, Jiří Bubenìček, Otto Bubenìček, Alicia Amatriain, Jason Reilly

2013- The Year of Italian Culture in the United States would not be complete without a memorable performance by one of Italy’s most beloved artists, Roberto Bolle.

Principal dancer with la Scala Ballet Company at the age of 20, Etoile for Teatro alla Scala of Milano since 2004, and the first Italian to be made principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre in 2007, Roberto Bolle is among the most acclaimed and sought-after Italian stars in the world.

After countless tours and performances with American Ballet Theatre, the danseur is back in New York City, representing Italy, to present his own show ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS GALA.

This unforgettable evening, which will take place on September 17th at New York City Center, will see some of the most exquisite dancers from the most famous ballet companies sharing the spotlight with Roberto Bolle to perform a selection of solos and pas de deux from treasured classic and modern ballets of the 1900s.

Presale tickets are on sale NOW and can be purchased using the link below:

http://www.nycitycen...anceNumber=7440

Or at the box office: 131 West 55th Street or call CityTix at 212-581-1212

Acqua di Parma, the leading Italian lifestyle brand, is the Patron of the ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS GALA, which is produced by Artedanza S.r.l in association with New York City Center.

Cari saluti!

LISTING:

ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS GALA

Tickets price range: $25.00 – $120.00

Tickets are on sale NOW and can be purchased using the link below:

http://www.nycitycen...anceNumber=7440

The evening will see some of the most exquisite dancers from the most famous ballet companies sharing the spotlight with Roberto Bolle to perform a selection of solos and pas de deux from treasured classic and modern ballets of the 1900s.

Dancers at this event will include:

Roberto Bolle - Principal dancer with ABT

Alicia Amatriain - Principal dancer with Suttgarter Ballet

Jason Reilly - Principal dancer with Stuttgarter Ballet

Jiří Bubenìček - Principal dancer with Dresden Semperoper Ballet

Otto Bubenìček - Principal dancer with Hamburg Ballet

Acqua di Parma, the leading Italian lifestyle brand, is the Patron of the ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS GALA, which is produced by Artedanza S.r.l in association with New York City Center.

It is my distinct recollection from reading Maya's autobiography that she danced Myrtha only - I believe she mentions it in the book that she never danced Giselle. Still, the photo looks more like Giselle than Myrtha, doesn't it?

Or a Chopiniana "sylph"? It's a wonderful photo. Plisetskaya looks remarkably airborne. Not what one would expect from her, even though she was known as a jumper. I never would have thought of her as a Romantic stylist, but at least for the duration of that pose, she was.

BTW, Cristian, this is a great topic.

Did Farrell ever dance "Giselle" or any of the classical full-lengths for Paul Mejia's companies?

TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 7:30 PM

ALL BALANCHINE

(Conductor: Sill)

WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 7:30 PM

ALL BALANCHINE

(Conductor: Sill)

THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 7:30 PM

ALL RODGERS

(Conductor: Otranto)

FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 7:30 PM

ALL ROBBINS / MORTON GOULD CENTENNIAL

(Conductor: Capps)

SATURDAY MATINEE, MAY 4, 2 PM

ALL BALANCHINE

(Conductor: Sill)

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 8 PM

ALL ROBBINS / MORTON GOULD CENTENNIAL

(Conductor: Capps)

SUNDAY MATINEE, MAY 5, 3 PM

ALL RODGERS

(Conductor: Otranto)

* First Time in Role ++NY Debut

PROGRAM AND CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE (04/18/13)

The NYTimes.com front page has the following lead in:

Maria Tallchief, Balanchine Ballerina, Dies

Ms. Tallchief, a daughter of an Oklahoma oil family, found her way to New York and became one of the most brilliant American ballerinas of the century. She was 88.

I take exception to the declaration that all her importance lies with Balanchine - there's nothing without Balanchine! - which is just wrong. I'm an admirer of Balanchine the artist, but these other people had lives, and long careers, and there is so much more to a life than "they danced under Balanchine". I've always thought of Tallchief as being the first American Prima Ballerina. That's big. That's enough. She also happened to have been trained by Russians, and danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and so had a Russian-style of stage presence that wasn't seen in any of the following Amercian dancers - a grandes dame.

A newspaper obit, with its space constraints, cannot cover a whole life or even a whole career, and I would agree with those who said that the Balanchine emphasis was appropriate for reasons of each one's influence on the other. However, even Balanchine might agree with you, pherank.

I have long been intrigued by the fact that, at least while she was present, when Balanchine set his own versions of Petipa's, Ivanov's and Fokine's ballets, he did so on Tallchief. His Swan Lake, Nutcracker, [Raymonda] Pas de Dix, Firebird, Pas de Trois (from Paquita). (Exceptions were Harlequinade, starring McBride, premiered in 1965, the same year Tallchief retired, and Valse et Variations [later Raymonda Variations, another take on that glorious score] in 1961.)

I had the opportunity to ask her the significance of that pattern when she spoke at some event in New York years back. I'm sure I was inarticulate, flustered in the presence of such an important person. She didn't seem to understand what I meant. She seemed taken aback, as if I were asking why Balanchine chose to choreograph on her at all -- definitely not my point.

But that he would make of her a 20th C. Odette and Sugar Plum Fairy and also the Sanguinic lead speaks volumes about her range.

Thank you, AlbanyGirl. Love is certainly in the air at New York City Ballet -- or maybe it's Europe!

SCchck already posted about the Tiler Peck and Robbie Fairchild betrothal here and about Brittany Pollack and Jon Stafford's here. I'll ask anyone who wishes to comment to do so on those threads.

Now that's pretty cool! Is there a date on it?

Click the YouTube logo by the lower-right corner of the frame, and you'll get the full story.

Ahoy, Neala!

Darcy Bussell was a popular ballerina and has many fans among our members, and of course, LaBayadere a greatly loved ballet. I hope you've browsed the forums and found topics that interested you. I also hope you feel free to post and add comments or ask questions when you catch some WiFi.

Welcome to BalletAlert!

You'll find many, many fans of both the Mariinsky and "Big Red" here, Vicx.

The Bay area has such an active dance scene. I hope you'll share some thoughts on other performances you see.

Welcome to BalletAlert!

We're always complaining about the dearth of up-and-coming choreographers. Here's an opportunity to help develop some.

http://www.indiegogo.com/Nachmo4

This project makes it possible for new choreographers to develop their craft by providing studio space and a performance opportunity. They're awfully close to their goal with seven (six and a half?) days to meet their goal. This year, the choreographers are working in San Francisco and New York, with two performances in Brooklyn on February 8 and 9.

NACHMO's website: http://www.nachmo.org/

Thank you, mussel.

A member posted this a few minutes before you in the ABT forum.. In order to have two parallel threads, I am closing this one and asking members to post their comments on the thread that was started first, here.