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Yaaayyy I just clapped and my roommate was all surprised and wondered what the hell happened! I am thrilled for all, but mostly for Unity, Indiana, Joseph and Harrison. These are not surprising and they were a long time coming. I am thrilled to see them finally happen!

Did anybody see Unity Phelan's Dewdrop? Would love to hear some thoughts.

The Miami Herald review of the premiere: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article109940677.html It's a harsh one, but some of the points match some of yours, cubanmiamiboy.

Patricia Delgado had surgery a few weeks ago: I am not sure where Jeannette is.

That's great, and I am pretty excited about Alston. I've never had the chance to see her dance but have heard great things about her. It is no surprise she was hired in the Corps.

Thanks, I'm catching up now. I'm watching Megan prepping before the evening ballets. I did start watching the D class yesterday and got to hear a bit about from Suki but then had to run. It doesn't sound like I missed a lot, but I did love hearing so much from Suki.

The quality of the Facebook live feed is great. I wasn't expecting this. This is fun so far. I will miss some of the ballet sadly, but I am hoping I will be able to replay it later on! Great initiative.

How were Bouder's first shows back after her maternity leave?

Ashley Bouder has announced her return to the stage on her Instagram account. First two performances: Vienna Waltzes (2nd waltz) on Friday September 23 at 8pm and Sunday September 25 at 3pm

A nice article in the NYT on some of the dancers in Paris: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-savors-the-city-of-light-paris-theatre-du-chatelet.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur Congrats to Silas on his engagement!

Oh yay! I remember him from the Teen Vogue series! Congratulations to him!

Kind of unrelated, but Ashley Bouder's baby girl is so long! Look at those legs!

Ah yeah, I'm actually French myself, and wasn't sure if maybe that was the correct way y'all write it in English. But it sounds like the NYT just doesn't realize they aren't spelling this correctly. I thought "on point" was wrong, but wanted to make sure. Fix it, NYT!

Grammar question, but shouldn't it be "on pointe" and not "on point" ? It's bugging me, but I don't know if I'm in the right.

What really made me laugh was when she was trying to correct him and she was just too short she had to jump

I agree with your predictions. I wouldn't mind if all 3 get promoted ;) Don't they usually do a bunch of promotions after Saratoga too?

A little fun and giggles to brighten up your hump day! Nathalia Arja attempts to teach ballet to Rob Gronkowski. https://www.facebook.com/miamicityballet/videos/10153440803101090/ This video came up in my trending topics on Facebook. Already over 1 million views!

How exciting! Congratulations!

https://www.miamicityballet.org/press/miami-city-ballet-announces-company-roster-2016-17-season Promotions: Nathalia Arja - soloist to principal soloist Chase Swatosh - corps to soloist Shimon Ito - corps to soloist New members: Lauren Fadeley - joining as soloist from PAB Amir Yogev - joining as corps dancer from PAB Alaina Andersen - in the corps after 2 years as an apprentice Luiz Silva - in the corps after 1 year as an apprentice Yeepee for Nathalia Arja! I was hoping she would get promoted after the fantastic year she's had! Dancers who have left the company are corps de ballet dancers Leigh-Ann Esty, Zoe Zien and Sarah McCahill, in addition to principals Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra.

Anybody was there for Maria's return in Vienna? On the NYCB Instagram account she was saying she has some foot pain, and being off for so long, she is having a harder time dealing with it so for now she has to limit her performances:

I did not want to create a whole new thread for this, but Ashley gave birth to a baby girl today! Congratulations to her and her fiance! The force is strong with this one... Presenting Violet Storm de Florio. May 4th. 12:40 amhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE-cFx1v_4f/

Casting for Week 5: http://www.nycballet.com/NYCB/media/NYCBMediaLibrary/PDFs/Press/Casting/NYCB_Casting_May-17-22,-2016_lobby.pdf

And that's her latest one, literally 5 days before her due date! My mind is blown. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEq0_bQP_2Z/?taken-by=ashleybouder

All the comments people are leaving on this photo (I did as well) are very heartwarming and coming as much from NYCB patrons to simple fans all over the world. Maybe the NYCB team (and/or the Trust, if they are the reason behind this) will see the support and all the good marketing and free publicity he's brought to the company.

I wanted to post about Devin's photographs but didn't know where to put it. I totally agree with you!! His photographs were stunning, and I am so sad everything is gone. To be honest, I stumbled on his photographs a while ago on IG, and I didn't even know who he was at the time, but I just found his work so beautiful, I had to follow him. His photographs honestly sparked my interest in NYCB and in getting to know the dancers better. He captured the essence and beauty of ballet incredibly well. I live in Miami, but through his account, I felt like I too was part of the audience and could experience the magic, even so far away. I do find it very nice and touching that many other dancers in the company have been posting some of his photos on their own accounts as support. It is very unfortunate he is not allowed to post any more photos. I don't know what went down, but I think social media is the way to go nowadays for basically every business and that includes companies. I LOVED it when Miami City Ballet did a whole Snapchat story with behind the scenes videos of their Midsummer's performances. On top of that, they post tons of videos and photos from the wings and rehearsals on their own IG account. They are making ballet very accessible, especially to the younger generations, and it's wonderful. That's what helps fill the seats. Similarly, I agree on the YouTube videos. It is not because I have seen a performance on YouTube that I am less likely to go see it live, if that's what they worry about. On the contrary, if I love it, I'm much more likely to go buy a ticket to see it.