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Looks like there are still plenty of tickets available.

It’s odd that they would change her picture. They haven’t yet updated the Dancers page to reflect promotions and retirements, so I’m not sure the reason. The fact that she both states that she has left the company and lists her occupation as Former Dancer with ABT on her personal Facebook page and has removed ABT from her Instagram seems more telling to me than whatever is happening with photos on ABT’s website.

I tried to find out more information. On her Facebook page it says she left ABT on January 1.

I was just coming here to post the same thing. I love that Katherine Williams is getting this opportunity. With only two female soloists it seems like the perfect time for the women in the Corp to show what they can do.

The lack of dorm thing seems crazy to me. I’ve always wondered how teenagers join the Studio Company if they don’t live locally. Are they all from wealthy families?

Veronika Part is dancing with her in Isadora at Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa. The Sadler’s Wells program just says she will be joined by three other dancers, including David Hallberg.

Ah, he’s dancing there with Natalia Osipova in September for a program she is doing called Pure Dance.

He says “Rehearsals for @sadlers_wells” but I can’t see anything on their schedule that makes sense.

Hmm. ABT is bringing Harlequinade to Costa Mesa mid-January. I guess the children will be going straight from Nutcracker to Harlequinade rehearsals.

I think that the JKO school will always be limited in the students they can attract because they don’t have housing. Their pool is limited to people who live close enough to commute. They don’t even have dorm contracts for their five week summer Intensive.

If you click the link, it isn’t a reference to the Carol Pardo review.

I’m so glad she is getting these opportunities. It is especially gratifying to see someone who joined the JKO school at a relatively young age doing well in the company.

Sorry, my image didn’t post.

I’ve never understood why theatres charge fees for buying online and printing tickets at home. It seems like it would be much more convenient for them than having lines of people at the box office.

Ooh, Sunday has the benefit of both new principals and potentially lighter traffic. I think we have a winner!