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@WLH Thanks for sharing. Very interesting to hear Stafford's thoughts and vision for the company, and it makes me excited for what's to come. I did laugh at the fact that he had never heard of balletcore.

Agreed, Aurora. We didn't think it was even close. We were shocked when Misseldine didn't win. We also thought Lauren Lovette's piece was by far the best for choreography.

The Festival Artist webpage has also been updated: https://vaildance.org/festival-artists-2023/. I'm really excited to see what Adji Cissoko creates! And of course thrilled to see that Kyle Abraham will be making a new piece there as well!

Thank you for sharing, @carllovesballet! These were great. It's nice to see the NYCB dancers up close, and to see some of the newer dancers featured. There is so much talent in this company! I was really moved by Caili Quan's piece.

It was Lauren Collett. You can see her clearly in this story: https://www.instagram.com/stories/nrcorrigan/3021602791992833744

LOOOOOVE me some Gilbert Bolden! He's also choreographed for some of the SAB Winter Balls, and the pieces were well done. Maybe we'll get to see more of his choreographic work on the NYCB stage!

@cobweb Laine Habony shared an Instagram story of a casting sheet corrected in red pen. Looks like Laracey is replacing Tiler Peck in today's matinee

I came across this post from 2017 and looked these dancers up and WOW! Where are they now? Kaeli Ware—Ballet West II Kamala Saara McDaniels—DTH Alexandra "Sasha" Manuel—Royal Ballet School Olivia Bell—NYCB Apprentice Alysia Johnson—Hubbard Street Destiny Wimpye—PNB Apprentice Tais Vinolo—National Ballet of Canada Helga Paris-Morales—Washington Ballet

It's an all-Black cast/creative team and that's just what it is. What is undiplomatic about "all-Black?" What should they have said instead? Would anyone have batted an eye or accused ABT of being "woke" if it was an all-female cast and creative team? Or do we only have issues with certain groups of minorities presenting ideas like this?

Would be interesting to go back through the archives and count the number of all-white casts and creative teams that have performed/created productions at ABT, even if the season announcement or program didn't explicitly state that it was an all-white affair.