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I think that the challenges of trying to put on a season during a pandemic are such that I'll respect the dancers' wishes if they want to mask up during performances. 

Just mandated across the board for everyone who works in the NYC Dept of Education. I expect that across the board mandates for employment will become the norm.

4 hours ago, Balletwannabe said:

For school the religious exemption is a simple form.  No one questions parents decisions and no explanation is needed.  

That's actually not true. In my school vaccines are mandatory for extracurricular activities and field trips. You must bring a doctor's note on why you cannot get the vaccine. Religious exemptions are not being accepted at this time.

Lauren Fadeley is leaving:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS1t3BfjB2_/

She announced on IG she is leaving the company and dancing for POB:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSx2gmTAOgH/

In this interview Jonathan Stafford is very explicit that all NYCB employees must be vaccinated:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/arts/dance/artistic-directors-meet-during-pandemic.html

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STAFFORD That kicked us in the butt a bit and we thought, OK, we have to make this happen. We have also talked a lot about testing and vaccinations. City Ballet is mandating vaccinations for our employees and it helped to have support from other dance companies and know that we weren’t an outlier. There isn’t going to be a unified policy here, but it was very helpful to share.

Laura Osnes was fired by Crazy for You for refusing to get vaccinated.

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/12/broadway-superstar-laura-osnes-fired-from-show-for-not-being-vaccinated/?fbclid=IwAR2DTiAe2JRFnka9PMwmaDtXotNB1PRnoOoxIm2rb2DWLTRuEzSO9MM52vA

I expect that arts companies will have similar vaccine requirements.

Casting for the BAAND programs. Sterling Hyltin is back yay!

Ces Noms Que Nous Portons featuring Taylor Stanley.

In the Night featuring Sterling Hyltin, Joseph Gordon, Sara Mearns, Russell Janzen, Unity Phelan, and Andrew Veyette.

In Creases featuring Sara Adams, Preston Chamblee, Emilie Gerrity, Gonzalo Garcia, Gretchen Smith, Harrison Coll, Indiana Woodward, and Christopher Grant.

Reading the book right now. Only on the beginning chapters but enjoying the book overall. Gina has a good sense of humor. 

Well tbh I'm relieved. Abi Stafford has barely danced for many seasons. If she does dance it's in a smallish soloist part. 

I hope MSND will not be canceled due to the large child cast.

CDC card will probably be fine. I plan on going to my primary care doctor and getting a note.

Just got the email:

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With safety at the forefront, New York City Ballet will be implementing a mandatory vaccination policy for all employees and visitors to the David H. Koch Theater and Samuel B. & David Rose Building. This includes all audiences attending our repertory performances – SEPT 21 - OCT 17, JAN 18 - FEB 27, and APR 19 - MAY 29. Every audience member must be fully vaccinated and upon entering the Theater will be required to show in-person proof of vaccination authorized by the FDA or WHO against COVID-19. If a potential audience member remains unvaccinated because of a disability or sincerely held religious belief, that person may contact the New York City Ballet in writing for assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to customercare@nycballet.com.

At this time, children under the age of 12, for whom there is currently no available vaccination, will not be permitted to attend NYCB repertory performances. 

Performances in the fall are not planned to be socially distanced, and in the interest of minimizing overall time at the Theater, Fall 2021 programs will be performed without intermissions.

Additional safety measures include:

• upgraded auditorium ventilation systems with MERV 15 filters
• a contactless entry experience for visitors arriving at the Theater
• rigorous cleaning and sanitation protocols throughout the building

Just got the email. NYCB will be requiring vaccinations in order to attend.

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With safety at the forefront, New York City Ballet will be implementing a mandatory vaccination policy for all employees and visitors to the David H. Koch Theater and Samuel B. & David Rose Building. This includes all audiences attending our repertory performances – SEPT 21 - OCT 17, JAN 18 - FEB 27, and APR 19 - MAY 29. Every audience member must be fully vaccinated and upon entering the Theater will be required to show in-person proof of vaccination authorized by the FDA or WHO against COVID-19. If a potential audience member remains unvaccinated because of a disability or sincerely held religious belief, that person may contact the New York City Ballet in writing for assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to customercare@nycballet.com.

At this time, children under the age of 12, for whom there is currently no available vaccination, will not be permitted to attend NYCB repertory performances. 

Performances in the fall are not planned to be socially distanced, and in the interest of minimizing overall time at the Theater, Fall 2021 programs will be performed without intermissions.

Additional safety measures include:

• upgraded auditorium ventilation systems with MERV 15 filters
• a contactless entry experience for visitors arriving at the Theater
• rigorous cleaning and sanitation protocols throughout the building

Good. I'm really tired of the mollycoddling of unvaccinated people. I wonder how Nutcracker season will be handled.

I made this video about David Hallberg's directive about arms:

So David Hallberg made a video demonstrating what he wants arms to look like -- free and flowing, and not held at a very fixed angle. He cites the way NYCB, Mariinsky, or Bolshoi do it. I found examples of what he's talking about. In the first video (a variation from T&V), the Laura Hecquet POB has arms held in a very stiff, formal angle throughout the variation. It's very classically correct. In the second video, Tiler Peck of the NYCB does what David Hallberg demonstrates -- her arms fly higher as the music crescendos.

I think Brandt will definitely be cast. Maybe Trenary too?

I went to the performance at Rockefeller Center tonight.

Overall enjoyed the evening although I found the Whiteside piece New Amerian Romance a bit boring. I enjoyed Christine Shevchenko and Tom Forster in Seven Sonatas, and I also enjoyed Indestructible Light. There was a cool dancer encore at the end.

NYCB has put up tributes now.

She has foot injuries that make her favor very broken in shoes. Alina Cojocaru is the same way.

54 minutes ago, Marta said:

I have read that Osipova uses them but have never noticed it either in person or in photos.  Lamb's  pix above look  particularly strange.

They are visible inher younger photos. She doesn't use them anymore because her feet have such huge bunions.

Young:

Her pointe shoes now:

Kurt Froman announced it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjuKxLgA5A/

As did John Clifford:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfGQf6A7i2/

IMO going to the theater is a privilege, not a right. If theaters can impose dress codes (no flip flops, must wear shoes), they have a right to impose vaccination requirements.

Some organizations like Hamilton are requiring employees get vaccines too:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/theater/broadway-reopening.html

NY has something called an Excelsior Pass.