Mothrafairy0912

Agreed, and frankly I have no desire to see KM's Swan Lake again. I am however looking forward to Jewels and will take my kids to see it. The modern programming is awful lately. They bring Alvin Ailey every year. I would love them to bring English National Ballet and have them do Akram Kahn's Giselle.

The school went through a huge upheaval when JK came here. It's hard to say whether or not that will happen this time, but I would say the tone of the school generally changes with a new company AD.

I'm glad that Sarah stuck up for herself and dare I say brings to light a huge issue in the ballet world..........that the men can get away with anything. If her partner was truly calling out on scheduled rehearsals as she says, I believe that this is something that must've been going on for quite some time. If she was doing virtually all of the rehearsing with the understudy this is a big problem. Two completely different bodies! Meaning many nuances of the partnering change with a different person. This is something that would drastically affect her performance esp if it was a debut. Additionally, Sarah knew she was never favored and I'm sure had an idea of what kind of trouble she would bring down on herself by bringing this up to KM. It must've been bad enough for her to go that route. I wish she had never stayed with ABT for so long. Knowing that she wasn't wanted from the beginning. I am happy to see that she is guesting and teaching quite a bit. She has been doing a lot of work at ARB with Ethan Steifel.

No news yet and I live in the area and am very involved in the dance community. My guess is that this departure was a bit unexpected, and that the company is in process of searching/interviewing a new AD.