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canbelto

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  1. I also attended the von Enck/Mejia/Peck Nutcracker. Of the three performances I attended, I thought this was the best overall. Tiler Peck's Dewdrop remains the gold standard, and Emma von Enck is well on her way to being a great SPF. She's dainty, warm, with a lovely upper body. Roman Mejia was an excellent partner and great in the coda. If I have ONE quibble with Emma it's that as of now she's still slightly small scale. 

    Miriam Miller was a sultry, spectacular Coffee and I am not usually a big fan of hers. Also really enjoyed Victor Abreu's Mother Ginger.

  2. Mira Nadon subbed for Megan Fairchild in Dewdrop last night. Nadon was glorious -- expansive, fast, surprisingly strong jumper, and she could do those pirouettes in attitude that I've seen defeat so many Dewdrops. 

    Unity Phelan was also excellent as SPF. I had seen her in the role before and she was tentative and charmless. Last night, she was majestic and beautiful. She has a very flexible back, and those climactic back bends were the highlight of the pas. She is also a fairly strong balancer and really held that final balance for applause. Adrian Danchig-Waring partnered her so well, although his solo in the coda was less impressive.

    The negative: Megan LeCrone in Coffee. Really sleep-walked through the role and no longer has the flexibility to make this solo work.

     

  3. 28 minutes ago, fondoffouettes said:

    Meanwhile, San Francisco Opera's El último sueño de Frida y Diego, whose run concludes next week, is a near sell-out. (Its creative team is also largely Latino.) There are Latin American stories that can have popular appeal, but I find the choice of Like Water for Chocolate a head-scratcher. When I hear that title, it evokes a 1990s suburban book club whose members enjoy engaging with an "exotic" culture and who find the novel's inclusion of recipes quaint and endearing. 

    It's based on a movie and a book of the same name.

  4. 1 hour ago, abatt said:

    For me, this smacks of willful ignorance.  Based on my experience, theaters all over NYC are packed to the rafters for programs and artists that the public wants to see.  You couldn't beg, borrow or steal to get a ticket to Dudamel at the NY Philharmonic, Yuja Wang at Carnegie and Yo Yo Ma at the NY Philharmonic.  These are only a few examples that come to my mind for this season.  Stop blaming Covid, and look inward as to why attendance is weak.  

    In the dance world, just from what I saw, the Pictures + Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Gianna Reisen/Kyle Abraham programs at NYCB also sold extremely well to the point of selling out.

    At BAM the Ailey program I attended also sold very well.

    In KC, the Ratmansky Giselle recon was sold out.

    Natalia Osipova's City Center program was sold out.

    And with ABT, the fall program of Dream/Seasons also sold out.

  5. I went to both the afternoon and evening performances.

    Some standouts:

    Renee Spaltenstein and Victor Philp in La Source (evening). This was a very abridged version that skipped the second pas de deux altogether, but I loved their soft port de bras and Philp's elegant cabrioles. Kylie Williams was also wonderful in the soloist role. Very petite, doll-like dancer. 

    Dakota Skye Blake was lovely in the Prayer variation of Coppelia. Long lines, beautiful bourrees.

    Agree that the Napoli pas de six + Tarantella was the highlight of the Workshop. Large cast, all of them great. I think the afternoon cast had slightly more pep. 

    Wonderful day of ballet. I wonder who got taken into NYCB as apprentices.

  6. Gina got a very nice sendoff. Huge ovation for a solo bow, and she was allowed to take some liberties in interpretation with the cigarette girl solo. 

    In the audience I saw: Tess Reichlen, Sterling Hyltin, Ashley Bouder, Jared Angle, Tyler Angle and his husband Ralph, Russell Janzen, Claire Kretzschmar, Tiler Peck, and lots of others. So it was a special occasion where past and present NYCB dancers showed up for Gina.

  7. 2 hours ago, cobweb said:

    nysusan, which performance of LaFreniere's Aurora did you see - the debut or the one a few days later on Sunday afternoon (or both)? I was at the debut and it was nerve-wracking. Reports are that she did better at the second performance, but I'm wondering how much better. I agree with your assessment about her lack of dancing major roles. Here is where I think they should have gone with Emily Kikta, who is far more experienced in featured roles, and as far as I can see, delivers every time. I totally agree about Nadon - she is young, but so talented there's no arguing with her being a principal. 

    I went to the second performance and she was absolutely lovely. Secure in the Rose Adagio, serene in the wedding pas. I've seen MANY Auroras crash and burn with nerves, but her second performance was great.

    I guess I like her more than the people on this board. I really liked her in Piano Pieces and also Episodes.

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