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I guess I am one of the many few who saw her in her prime --1940's---I wrote about that time on my blog, "Ruminations" which is available on this site.

I guess, I too, love Fitzgerald too much and it makes me over react to Zelda!

True -- but look what he did with that material! To me, it reminds me of Tschaikovsky's use of Russian folk themes in his compositions -- look what he did with them!

"Sorry I didn't read Hemingway's book......bought 'Save Me The Waltz" and am not able to finish it! Zelda, among other traits, was an abominable writer!! The foolish girl did not know her limits (in ANYTHING she attempted). Poor Scott!

Yes! Yes! That decision has so affected me that I haven't been to ABT since she left!...and l am only a short subway ride away.....

"mouthpiece for the corruption of the Catholic Church"---where is evidence of that in your references? His abortion views are not mine but there appears to be a basis for them from his life experiences. His married mother was pregnant with another man's child and came close to abortion--and as a young man he came close to being shot by a Nazi death squad-----perhaps these close calls gave him a special reverence for life.

Really?? Can you back this up??

Great News!

AMEN!!

Well I am with Gautier. Giselle's resting place was in the forest -- not in a cemetery . As a suicide she could not be buried in consecrated ground. That has changed over the years and most productions have her in a cemetery with other graves visible. In the early Giselles I saw (circa 1940s) the Giselles appeared to stab themselves, also there was a different portrayal of Hilarion-- at the time he came across as a 'dirty old man'.

That book she wrote should have "done her in"😅

Slightly off topic--as a Catholic I think the Church can begin to solve its problems with a married clergy and ordained women---by the same token NYCB should elect a new Board and get rid of Martins works -- perhaps then the stench will be gone.

.....and NYCB has the perfect Romeo --- Taylor Stanley who looks uncannily like Hugh Laing on stage! -- complexion notwithstanding!

Replacing R&J is a good start..I suggest they pay homage to one of their 'giant' choreographers by reviving Tudor's R&J--and he did it all in one hour!

I am sure Horgan had a lot to do with that.

The perfect argument for getting rid of Martins works once and for all!!

Hardly pleased!! ----a better choice would be Farrell or Vilella😇

That was the best article Acocella wrote! Right to the point and good journalism wording . In most of her writings I have found her to be too dry--but she hit this one out of the ballpark

I HAD THE SAME REACTION!! For too many years the Met had Dolora Sajek (sp??) as Asucena and I welcomed the change.

I guess I am probably the one one on this website to have seen her as the original "Miss Turnstiles" in "On The Town". I had missed her performances with Ballet Theatre by a couple of years but was fortunate to finally catch up with her. How I wished I could hav e seen her as Rosalind in Tudor's R&J. Loved that closeup of her in 'Midsummer Nights Dream'!! "

Good grief! I am seeing Swan Lake tomorrow night and I can do without the propaganda speeches. I hope the talk was only for opening night!! Unfortunately I have been questioning why I bought the tickets in the first place,,,,,I blame it all on TDF.

SO WHAT!! if she wasn't a member of the Company-----she was a STUDENT which makes the accusations far worse....

YES! This week I saw on youtube the Mariinsky in "La Valse". Never saw those intricate arm movements performed better. All the dancing was superior to what I saw at NYCB this season. As to the seats at the City Center---I have spent many years at that theater watching the Denham Ballet Russe, Ballet Society and NYCB. I always sat in the 2nd balcony (the rows go from A to H. with an upper part of the balcony which at times was not in use). My favorite seat was H1

I saw both performances and the most 'professional' looking students were the girls corps in La Source and Western Symphony....they could step into any NYCB performance!

Heartedly agree with your assessment of the school Abatt! There is nothing wrong with 'company ballerinas' if they have the talent of an Alicia Alonso or Nora Kaye,......which was the norm in the early days of Ballet Theater!! They more than held their own with the likes of Alicia Markova and Tamara Toumanova.....