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Barbara Walzck is here in NYC. She has a business making custom bridal veils.

I also think I've seen Les Biches. Did the Joffrey do it in the early 70s? Or perhaps, it was earlier in my life that I saw it. My. memories of it are blurry - I mostly remember the costumes and an overall atmosphere of chic with over tones of lesbianism. I know Eliot Feld Ballet restaged Nijinska's Les Noces also in the 70s. Cora Cahan danced one of the parents. But I didn't see it.

Souvenirs always seemed somewhat Chekovian to me. Very three sisters and I remember Saland being marvelous.

I'd like to see more of de Valois and some early Cranko. I saw both "Lady and the Fool" and "Pineapple Poll" in London in about 1964. It would also be great to see more Joffrey and I have a very soft spot in my heart for de Mille, as her writing meant so much to me when I was young. It would be great to see The Duel, however badly it seems dated.

What about Cranko, particularly before he went to Stuttgart?

Looking forward to this. I was lucky enough to see some early Cranko and some of the Joffrey stagings of various works. Leigh, thanks for this.

Leigh, I think Wheeldon is just now realizing how hard it is to raise $5M. He's had a wonderfully sheltered life to date.

Both Charles Ward and Clark Tippett also partnered Van Hamel and Gregory in the more modern repertoire. Both were early victims or the AIDS epidemic and little remembered now.

Rumer Godden has serveral novels that feature ballet - one is called Pippa Passes. There is a truly trashy novel called, Ballerina, I think by Michael Stewart.

Wavy brown hair sounds like David Prottas.

yes, Joseph Hernandez is on the right with Matt Renko in the center.

In fact, Ondine is a water sprite and much of the second takes place on and under the ocean. Posideon is a character in the ballet. I would also suggest Napoli, the hero is a fisherman and the second act takes place under water in the Blue Grotto.

Michael. not to be too much of a smart ass BUT Tybalt is not Juliet's brother but her cousin. In West Side Story, Tony kills Maria's brother. So in the words of Cole Porter, everyone "brush up your Shakespeare."

Shaun O'Brien as Dr. Coppelius

Which, I think, also has the immortal line - "I'd like to kiss you but I just washed my hair."

Some NYC subway trains also play the first three notes of Tsch, Piano Concerto #2. Balanchine and Bernstein - that's why I live in NYC.

Katie Morgan is not dancing Square Dance, she did the ppd in Scenes de Ballet tonight. The leads tonight were Britaany Pollack and David Protas. He was outstanding in the solo that Balanchine made for Bart Cook. Pollack was good in the female lead, certainly one of the most difficult in the repertoire. The other female lead for Square Dance is Erica Periera.

Leigh, Kistler did the Adams' role tonight and Weese did the Jilliana part. All was beautiful at the ballet.

McMillan's Gloria as I remember it was very moving. More an evocation of an era than a story ballet.

Delgado sisters (Jeannette and Patricia). And to Katia Carranza - that's right. Apologies to all those ladies

I saw the Fort Lauderdale performances, my first of the company, and was impressed. I don't have my program available so can not say much about casting. Serenade was the weakest for me. The slow tempo deprived the corps of the sweep we get at NYCB. I did not care for either of the Hidlago sisters as two of the soloists but Kronenberg was impressive as the girl who falls. There were a number of partnering glitches in the Dark Angel and in general I was not as impressed by the men as by the women in the company. Funny Paper was cute but I am not a fan of the ballet companies in Talyor's work. His dancers push down into the ground and ballet goes up, so I feel that most of the time Taylor's choreography is not shown to its best advantage. Obviously, it suffered by comparison to Balanchine's masterpieces. Symphony in C looked great. My favorite was Katia Carrozza in the first movement. Crisp, clean pointe work and lovely arms. I did not like the interpretation of the second movement, it is not Swan Lake, and the ballerina went from pose to pose rather than giving us a long singing phrase as we see from Whelan and some other NYCB ballerinas. The corps women looked good in this, better than in Serenade. The audience was very enthusiastic and clearly loves their company, as they should.

Didn't Nebrada do this production for the Joffrey many years ago?

The difference is that Broadway shows have an indefinate run, and much more opportunity to make back their income. Nutcracker is a limited engagement more akin to Big Appe Circus or Radio City. How are those shows handling the situation?

Jane, Alexandra, thanks for the info. We are going to be in London and will have a chance to see La Sylphide. Alexandra after your course last summer, Rachel is a Bournonville fan.

Juliet, I'll be there Sat night.