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Hopefully, Covid-19 won't rear it's ugly head during next Fall's flu season, but I wouldn't count on it...☹️

On 3/10/2020 at 4:24 PM, KikiRVA said:

Let’s all hope the corona virus stays away so the show can go on!  I feel terrible for all those SFBallet dancers who won’t get to perform in Midsummer.  

I was just thinking the same thing!  So many things are being cancelled now, including the World Figure Skating Championships, which were to be held in Quebec.  I feel for those athletes that have trained so hard, but I hope they will be able reschedule for sometime this year.  Stay safe, everyone!

3 hours ago, bellawood said:

And right now, under the fat ladies, I am sitting next to a 9 month old baby. I’m guessing she won’t care about the number of fouettes, either!

 

 

Who, if I may ask, are "the fat ladies?"  They sound like characters from a movie...😁

I would be happy with just a snippet of video somewhere of Merrill Ashley dancing Ballade.  She talks quite a bit about the creation of the ballet in her book.

Well, apparently I'm wrong on all counts.  Thanks for setting me straight...

4 hours ago, ABT Fan said:

An article in the Times about Peck's injury and her return to Swan Lake:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/arts/dance/tiler-peck.html

Sooner or later, she is going to have to have surgery on her neck.  My husband woke up one morning with the same kind of searing pain.  The rest of the weekend, he didn't really remember what happened because all the ER doctors could do was to give him muscle relaxers/paid meds that didn't really help.  21 years later, he has just had his second surgery.  The first surgery was the same year that his disc blew.  It helped the pain for about 10 years, and then he had to start getting cortisone injections four times a year.  His left arm began to atrophy and his bicep an inch and a half circumference.  After both surgeries, he has not lost ANY mobility in his neck or shoulders.

My point to all of this, is that her neck is only going to continue to get worse with time.  It is not going to heal on it's own.  I would hate for her arms/shoulder to start to atrophy, and the pain become constant and unbearable.  Surgery can be a scary thing, but it's so less invasive than it use to be, and with faster healing times.  I hope she will change her mind and wish her all the best.  She is a wonderful dancer.

A sad and tragic loss for his family and all who loved him.

26 minutes ago, On Pointe said:

I shouldn't have used the word "forgiven".  Waterbury is putting more energy into going after Waterbury and Ramasar because Finlay is not on the scene and she believes that he knows what he did was wrong.  Then there's his substance abuse problem,  which seems to absolve him of some responsibility.   So forgiven is the wrong word,  but she doesn't seem to care nearly as much about him as she does the others.  Instead of working through her anger,  Waterbury seems to be escalating.  I don't blame Maxwell for recording her calls.

Waterbury and Ramasar?

8 minutes ago, Villette said:

According to the complaint, Ramasar sent three pictures of Maxwell to Finlay without her knowledge: one topless, one naked, and one of her vagina. 

And if that's not sexually explicit, I don't know what is.  Even if it were only a pic of the breasts, it is still explicit if it was not by her choice.  

I remember reading in Farrell's book, that in most roles, Balanchine dressed her in white, but that this time he put her in blue and Karin wore the white.  Seems like the other two girls had green and yellow, but I'm not sure.  Kind of makes me think of Dances at a Gathering, as in girl in green, girl in mauve, etc.

5 hours ago, canbelto said:

But if she's comfortable with Gorak then I don't see why she shouldn't dance with him.

Because depending on the role, he can't lift her?

2 hours ago, Jacqueline said:

Thank you to everyone who kept this far away Texas fan informed with your eyewitness accounts and amazing insights which I truly appreciate.  I really live for your reviews since it is not very often that I can get there myself.  Until "Nutcracker!"

I agree!  Living in Utah, I know I'll never see NYCB live.  During Nutcracker, and the fall and springs seasons, I check in on this board at least twice a day.  Fortunately, Ballet West (I live very near Salt Lake City,) does perform Balanchine works from time to time.  Next month, they are performing an evening of early Balanchine works in honor of the 100th anniversary of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe.  Prodigal Son, Apollo, and Le Chant du Rossignal are on the bill.  I will  be there on November 2nd with bells on!  I don't, however, care for Ballet West's Nutcracker (William Christensen.)  I've seen it twice, and twice is enough for me.

3 hours ago, canbelto said:

Ok one thing about those videos is that right now from what I can see Brandt projects a very hearty, healthy village lass. I'm less convinced about clips of her in the second act. 

A hearty, health village lass - that's perfect!  You brought a smile to my day.

I prefer the powder-puff tutu.  I think NYCB's "new" Symphony in C tutus are awful (too big and somewhat floppy.)  

4 hours ago, aurora said:

Whiteside has now posted on IG about why he was replaced in Sleeping Beauty:

 

 

Maybe he caught the flu from Misty!

1 hour ago, canbelto said:

All the NYCB dancers use Freeds. I think the principal women have more say in exactly how they want their shoe to be designed. Bouder's shoes IMO have always been a little louder than other shoes. It may just be her personal preference to have a harder block which will make more noise.

Bouder wears Bloch, unless she has now switched over to Freeds.

4 hours ago, Marta said:

Curious as to why you say "not"?  I'm not surprised at this choice.  Nor can I say with complete conviction that it should have been X, Y, or Z chosen instead. I  AM  surprised that there haven't been more comments here on the board.  I wasn't a partisan of anyone in particular, although I thought Woetzel would have been great if he weren't already taken.  Is it significant that the announcement came now,   soon after the clash between Martins and Stafford, rather than at the  gala in May.

I would like to have seen someone appointed who had actually worked with Balanchine.  I fear for his legacy.

On ‎1‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 5:19 PM, Helene said:

Official news only, with source.https://www.artforum.com/news/new-york-city-ballet-school-of-american-ballet-announce-new-artistic-leadership-78813

So, we have Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan.  Happy thought indeed.  Not.

On ‎3‎/‎19‎/‎2006 at 11:18 PM, carbro said:

An artist has to be true to her character. How many interviews have you read of performers talking about putting on their costume for the first time opened up great insights into the role. I'm sure the same is true when appearance is transformed by hair or make-up?

Remember the tv movie, "Playing for Time" about the prisoners in the WWII concentration camp who formed an orchestra, thereby saving themselves but also giving the Nazis a showcase for how well they kept their inmates? All of the principal actresses agreed to shave their heads, except Marissa Berenson, who appeared with luxuriant auburn waves. While you could believe the others were ill-nourished and suffering, she looked like she'd just spent a week at a spa. She should have been given an ultimatum: your tresses or the role, but not both.

Makarova's hair spent many years hidden beneath beautiful, long silk scarves. I liked her short do and thought it was fine in Carmen and other ballets that were not strictly classical.

Berenson didn't need to have a shaved head for her role.  Her character was a Polish gentile, so she was able to keep her hair.  All of the other Polish gentile inmates (in this movie) had full heads of hair as well.