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While I don't think NYCB has any say in what is printed, they really should have thought twice about making the dancers available to such a notorious magazine. It's along the same lines as the designer who hated tutus. Bad press, is press, but it's bad taste (I think this qualifies under the bad taste thread!)

with absolutely no respect... The magazine tends to have cover stories with titles like "have you had sex with Colin Farrell?" It doesn't even have the ability to boast "but I read it for the articles" The magazine goes more for shock value than anything else. I haven't seen the article and I have no desire to go waste my money either.

Sleeping Beauty has the various fairy variations.

I agree with all the posts so far and can only add that if a child is misbehaving, it's up to the adult to either quiet the child or take them out. then again, sometimes I think the ones that just let their children misbehave are probably the same people who stand in front of me at the art museum while I'm looking at a painting I think adults should use discretion in what performances to bring children to, and as Leigh said, matinees are generally considered family orientated.

With the success of "Contact" and now "Movin Out" I've heard a few comments from people that have gone to "the ballet on Broadway because it's much more entertaining" My initial reaction was shock and disdain, but then a friend commented that both choreographers (Stroman and Tharp) have done ballet as has Wheeldon and these tend to be the more "popular" pieces. Is the ballet/broadway association good or bad?

Has Ringer ever done Barocco?

I went to "Hairspray" today and there pre-performance cell phone spiel "Hairspray takes place in Baltimore in the 1960's, a time when there were no cell phones, let's keep it that way"

Since we have a few weeks, I figured we'll do a couple of categories a week. Who do you think should/will win? Let's start with the first awards. Best Supporting Actress/Actor In the actress category: Kathy Bates-About Schmidt Julianne Moore-The Hours Queen Latifah-Chicago Catherine Zeta Jones-Chicago The actor category: Chris Cooper-Adaptation Ed Harris-The Hours Paul Newmann-Road to Perdition John C. Reilly-Chicago Christopher Walken-Catch Me if You Can My picks actress should win: Zeta Jones will win: Zeta Jones actor should win: Cooper will win: Cooper I know Bates is the favorite, but I thought Zeta Jones was the glue of Chicago. I'd love to see John C. Reilly, he seemed to be all over the screen this year. c'mon folks, your picks?

NYC Ballet's release of a workout video certainly throws non-performance ballet into the exercise arena.

Did they go into at all, why ABT seems to encourage the dancers to "compete" as opposed to other companies? I've always been curious. Perhaps it's because ABT doesn't have a particular "style"?

Come to think of it, I don't know, it might just be string/piano. Perhaps it's the strings shrieking.

I think they might be referring to the fact that the brashness of the horn/wind instruments. If you're not used to hearing it, I'm assuming most of these people assume Tschaikovsky was the only ballet composer and then here Stravinsky and Hindemith and wonder what happened to the violins. Just a guess. I've had friends who've said the music was startling to them the first time they heard it. That's it's not very "soothing"

Wasn't 4 T's originally done with different costumes (Not the black leotards)?

Dale any word on touring information for the company in summer/fall? I believe there was a link about the company going to Moscow?

With the "remodernization" of Lincoln Center, are there any plans? I'd love to see a fountain, one of those crazy, never has the same spout kind, put in and named after him. He seemed to change his mind a lot about the dancers/ballets and an erratic fountain... okay, that was a bit dorkish.

NYCB releases their annual report on it's website. There are no hard numbers for Nutcracker, but you get the general audience numbers.

I think he's a sensible choice. He's run his own company for some time (triggerstreet) and while he may not have directed before, he has at least acted. Did Martins, McKenzie... run a ballet company before? I've seen Spacey at many Broadway and off-Broadway productions and he is on the "board" of several theater groups in NY. Even if he isn't the best, at least he's brought attention back to the Vic

ABT's Misty Copeland is featured in the latest issue of People

No need to apologize Medora I think it's hard to compare Kent and Reyes. It would depend on the role and what you like in a dancer. I happen to be a fan of Kent's, but I've been watching her since she's been in the corps. Reyes (to me) is still new, but I like what I've seen so far. I don't think you could go wrong with either dancer (or some of the others) it just depends on your preferences. Was there a particular ballet you had in mind to see?

I think she's a lovely dancer. She's gotten a lot of the ingenue roles, but a lovely stage presence.

It's nice to see "senior" corps back doing Barocco. I hope they go back to the routine of reserving some parts for the seniors. Thanks for the report carbro

They could have a different dancer/performer in front of the curtain every night saying "please don't interupt my performance, turn your cell phone off, please" of course, people still won't listen! I saw a comedy performance and someone's cell rang, the comedien hopped off the stage asked for the phone and promptly told off the person who called

If you look online at the photos with their bios. Those are the same pics in the photobook. I haven't seen the new playbills.

I don't know, I'd agree that far too often the "reviews" do feel a bit like p.r., especially when I read about how much a dancer turns in a fabulous performance, meanwhile she fell out of turns and on the floor a couple of times. I took the good Dr's critique of Kisselgoff to be more of a exasperation of frustration. I think people like to feel "vindicated" by reviews. "I hated that movie...oh and look Mr. X Critic hated too" (phew, I'm not the only one) And Homan's article was contradictory to what Kiselgoff usually prints.

In the March 2003 issue of Dance Magazine (is it me or are the articles dwindling?) There's a Letter to the Editor in response to Barnes' op-ed along with Barnes' response to it. (and Alexandra, please edit this if it's copyright violation) "Re: Clive Barnes' article.... the 'brilliant and knowledgeable" critic Kisselgoff has been writing public-retlations releases instead of reviews (NYCB) for some time. Many other critics (Croce) and many, many dance lovers can no longer bear to watch the awfulness of Peter Martin's work. .... there has been a great "falling off" at NYCB and ayone with eyes can see it" Dr. Emily Fragos NY University NYC Barnes response: "Fine. Ms Fragos disputes the quality of Ms. K's eyesight and my own. Eyesight like beauty is in the sight of the beholder. I, for example, cannot see how she "knows many, many dance lovers cannot bear to watch" as she is presumably of their number and therefore can hardly register either their presence or non-presence. But even though we must agree to differ, I have no problem with Ms. Frago's opinions, for these are merely expressed as a letter to the editor, not wrapped up in the obfuscating panoply of a supposedly authoritative article in the NY Times" well.... I was suprised to see a response. Especially after reading his last sentence. I say "brava" to Dr. Fragos, I stand to be counted as one of the "many, many"