Calliope

I saw that too. My first response, was "give him Cosmopolitan" as a turn off! It's on the opposite spectrum, in some ways. But the latest Vogue has New York City Ballet mentioned all over the place in an article on NY designers. One mentioned it would be an ideal evening (with a small corps photo from Serenade) but I stopped counting after 6 photos of society women photographed at NYCB. While it's not bad, a friend asked me if that's how I dress up when I go to the ballet. I explained I'd rather spend $6,000 on tickets than on one dress!

Again, to me, a techinician is the dancer that I don't get nervous for. There have a been a few times when I actually know the choreography and the "hard part" that's coming up (If s/he can just get through the turns they'll be fine) and I get nervous for the dancer. Then there are others who just breeze through it and make you wonder if you should be nervous for the others. Hopefully that made sense. I used to think that dancers could not be both a technician and musical, but there have been a few. When Jennie Somogyi first started, IMO she was only a technician, she's started to win me over on the musicality now. Again, this is just my opinion, but at least at NYCB it seems sometimes it's split in two, the musical dancers (who do Robbins and the more "character" roles in Balanchine) and the technicians (Martins and leads in Balanchine pieces).

The only comparison I can think of is for someone who's not musical. Which is like watching someone lip syncing a song and there mouth is moving at one speed and the words at a different one (kind of like the old Godzilla flicks) I'll second the Miranda Weese nod and add Jenifer Ringer to it.

The topic was actually covered this morning on the news http://www.msnbc.com/news/692280.asp regarding a national plan. However, the laws (including NY)provide exceptions. Once you are registered, you may still receive telephone calls from certain groups, including: Charitable organizations; Religious corporations; Political parties and committees; Companies with which you have a prior business relationship; and Telemarketers who wish to arrange for a face-to-face meeting before concluding a sales transaction So the best bet is to call and asked that your name be removed from ABT's list.

Is there a difference between a ballet master/mistress and a choreologist?

I'm am tempted to boycott NYCB until Rutherford gets promoted. Then again, I remember when Miranda Weese got promoted ahead of Jeny Ringer. I threatened then too! I can't imagine what is holding Rutherford's promotion back.

I just bought a copy on Amazon last week. It was a bit pricey ($75) but (I did use the link above I haven't had the chance to start it, but I'm looking forward to it.

The telemarketers technically are not employees of ABT and they do work on a commission, which is why there is persistance. If you call ABT's administration, they can take down your information so that you don't get the calls anymore. Telling the telemarketers is pointless as they don't control the lists. An alternative, in the future, is to not give your phone number out.

I was reading the link about Christopher Stowell in his role as a "choreologist" for Diablo Ballet. It's a new word for me, but it's someone who stages ballets based on written notation. Can someone tell me. Is it the choreographers notations, a dancer's? Is the staging only done by the written notation or is video used?

You can search the library's holdings at: http://catnyp.nypl.org/search~b1o1c1i1p1r1a1

The library did tell me that they already had copies, but they put all their "extras" up for sale during a bazaar they have every year to raise money. Thankfully I didn't buy back my old programs!

I'd try and find the space shuttle with all the others.

I'm glad I'm not the only one! When it came time to move though, I packed them up and brought them to the New York Public Library's Performing Arts division. Now I can go look at all of them without having to sort them!

I had to do something similar for a paper in college. We had to create a list of what music we send into space as a representative of the art. It's hard to pick just a top ten so: For Balanchine: 1. Square Dance 2. Concerto Barrocco 3. Tchai. Suite 3 4. Divert #15 5. Emeralds (not all of Jewels) 6. La Valse 7. Midsummer's 8. Coppelia 9. Tarantella 10. Serenade I'd have to pick some Robbins too 1. In The Night 2. Interplay 3. The Concert 4. 2 & 3 Part Inventions 5. Fancy Free 6. Four Seasons 7. West Side Story 8. Afternoon of a Faun and I'd throw in La Fille Mal Gardee and Romeo and Juliet too (but I'm not sure yet who's) [ January 16, 2002: Message edited by: Calliope ]

Rutherford's been a soloist in my book ever since she did Emeralds. NYCB just keeps forgetting to mention it to her! Hopefully this year they tell her .

It's nice to see Edge dancing so well. I still long for the day she does "Square Dance" (the principal role) Both she and Elizabeth Walker deserve promotions on the merit of their dancing as well as what the epitomy of a corps dancer is!

Does anyone know why they discontinued these performances? If I recall correctly, it used to be performed the last night of the winter season. It was a program that they tried to feature as many dancers of different ranking as they could and a portion of the ticket sales went to the Fund. Does anyone have any additional info?

Seeing as Mr. B. had to change his name so that we Americans could pronounce it, perhaps it's appropriate that we Yanks, pronounce his first American ballet, the way he wanted!

the dancers pronounce is 'sere NOD'

She is however, the latest Levin Award winner to be honored at the Company's Annual Luncheon

Ironically the quote about Rutherford, was Somogyi speaking of dancers she loved to watch during a NYCB seminar. I'll put my money on a promotion for her if not by winter's end, then spring. I can't really add any more praise to the comments already said, but performances like today's only make the winter blues seem very far away

New York City Ballet's website has both with an audio clip that you can listen to (go to Repertory Index) and if you like the clip, you can they list the information for it.

Sorry for the confusion and thank you for the responses. My initial reaction, was how can an art form be competitive? It seems to me, based on just advertising in some dance magazines that there's almost a split between ballet dancers, some go way of the competition circuit and others into companies. I never realized that POB used them as part of their promotions!

Thank you. I was wondering what if any is the feeling about these competitions and does it feed the feeling that we're pushing dancers.

Thank you. I was wondering what if any is the feeling about these competitions and does it feed the feeling that we're pushing dancers.