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In my opinion, this was the right call.

Rereading the NYT article, I’m surprised that there’s no statement from ABT. Or even a statement from the Met on how they value ABT’s residency.

For my personal convenience, I suggest SPAC, which seats 5,200 (plus lawn). Whenever they've brought in non-NYCB ballet companies, it's been for full-lengths (Giselle, DonQ, Peony Pavilion), so their standard rep should work there. It would need to be after the Met season, as it would probably be too cold earlier.

The ABT fall season starts right after NYCB's ends.

It seems that the theaters will not be very large: 499, 250, and 99 seats, although there are some flexible walls. Source: http://www.theperelman.org/building/

I agree. I think they can get lost in the Met.

Maybe they can perform in another theater (NYS or City Center, maybe). Or tour more. I would expect that the triple bills will move solely to the fall season at the NYS Theater.

The National Review on Jerome Robbins at 100: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/09/10/jerome-robbins-legacy/

I believe that the Craig Hall in the complaint was referred to as a former SAB student.

I agree with your take on this.

Yes, thank you for enabling us have this discussion!

In my opinion, where the Board has really not done it's job is in seeming to not have a succession plan.

If i'm remembering correctly, it was months later than February before they decided if they would/wouldn't have separate AD positions for SAB and NYCB.

Yes, that's what I was thinking--that the interim team may have thought they were just filling in for a few months. Then, when Martins resigned in January, the board realized that there would not be sufficient time to search, as many candidates would be committed for 2018/19 before they even had an ad posted. And having realized this, they decided to wait. I am also assuming that there may be a hiring season. For example, in academia, most jobs are posted in the fall to begin the following fall. So someone who wanted a job in fall 2019 would be applying now.

Yes, I agree. I also wonder if the interim team had any idea that they would be in this role for more than a few months. I would expect that the earliest a new AD would start would be after the 2018/19 season. It may be that given how AD contracts work, they realized that even if they started to look immediately, they wouldn't be able to hire immediately and decided to take their time and be to make the right decision.

The interim team was thrown into this job on top of their previous full-time roles, they are learning on the fly (and perhaps are overwhelmed), and in this situation, perhaps everything doesn't get the amount of attention/notice it warrants or would receive if they fully focused on their normal roles and a full-time AD was in charge. Also, I would not necessarily expect that an interim team would have the same decision-making ability/power as a full-time permanent AD.

I think that this issue was raised briefly a few hundred posts back on this thread, before we knew the nature of the "unprofessional communications." You have an interesting point here, which suggests that the company would perhaps have a legal case against the suspended/resigned dancers. Would it be considered negligent of the company to allow its servers, etc. to have been used in this way for ~6 months?

From Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5507480 "New York City Ballet, Inc. operates as a dance company in New York. It operates a choreographic institute that promotes the development of choreographers and dancers involved in classical choreography by providing opportunities to develop their talents. The company also operates a ballet school. In addition, it retails apparel, souvenirs, media products, and vintage products online. New York City Ballet, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is based in New York, New York." Thus, it seems that a student at SAB is, in fact, a student at New York City Ballet, Inc.

As a very recent example of this, I believe that Peter Frame was described as in seemingly excellent spirits not long before he committed suicide.

Even if she allowed him to take pictures/film (which she denies), the dissemination of these without her permission would be criminal. When you say "How in the world did Finlay wind up with those pictures and videos?" are you seriously thinking that he did not take them himself? Nowadays most people have smartphones with the capability of taking photos and videos. I don't think this requires any special wizardry. And, as Kathleen says, there are nanny-cams. I think his resignation without even responding to NYCB speaks volumes about his culpability. But the court will judge him.

More information about the upcoming NYPL exhibit on Robbins: https://www.cityguideny.com/article/voice-of-my-city-jerome-robbins-new-york-public-library-performing-arts#.W5QNcS2-Kd0

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2018/09/07/ballet-dancer-returns-to-stage-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations/amp/ Amar was back onstage in Carousel.

Good point. I forgot about her.

Will Brittany Pollack be reporting to someone other than Jonathan Stafford once Carousel closes?

No, just "donor."