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16 hours ago, dirac said:
That's a wonderful comparison, atm711. I've always loved Fitzgerald.
I guess, I too, love Fitzgerald too much and it makes me over react to Zelda!
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15 hours ago, dirac said:
Still, his position was a little bizarre ("You can't use your life and our marriage for material! Only I can use your life and our marriage for material!")
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!
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"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!
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21 hours ago, Barbara said:
Not that I agree with the treatment of Part. It was unforgivable for her career to end like that.
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.....
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2 hours ago, canbelto said:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/arts/music/franco-zeffirelli-dead.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24855930
In all of his obits. His views on abortion, the Catholic church, and homosexuality are well known. He was a senator and endorsed the most right-wing positions.
"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.
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On 6/16/2019 at 8:39 AM, canbelto said:
Not going to grieve for a man who was so bigoted and a mouthpiece for the corruptions of the Catholic church. Sorrynotsorry.
Really?? Can you back this up??
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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'.
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That book she wrote should have "done her in"😅
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1 hour ago, Rock said:
I'm afraid I agree with EJohnson. I also think Stafford might have been deliberately and publicly distancing himself from Martins.
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.
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12 minutes ago, Helene said:
Now there would be a true reversal: NYCB preserving Tudor when the mothership, ABT, seems to have left it on makeshift life support on a gurney in the hallway.
.....and NYCB has the perfect Romeo --- Taylor Stanley who looks uncannily like Hugh Laing on stage! -- complexion notwithstanding!
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12 hours ago, FPF said:
I'd vote for replacing Martins' Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet with their hideous Per Kirkeby sets and costumes.
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!
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3 minutes ago, abatt said:
Mariinsky asked specifically for Peter Martins, not for the Farrell or Vilella.
I am sure Horgan had a lot to do with that.
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1 hour ago, tutu said:
Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but according to a recent article in the Times today, Peter Martins moved around the Sleeping Beauty casting at the last minute.
1 hour ago, tutu said:Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but according to a recent article in the Times today, Peter Martins moved around the Sleeping Beauty casting at the last minute.
The perfect argument for getting rid of Martins works once and for all!!
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1 hour ago, abatt said:
I am pleased to learn that Martins will stage Balanchine ballets around the world. Love him or hate him, he has extensive knowledge which should be passed on to others.
Hardly pleased!! ----a better choice would be Farrell or Vilella😇
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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
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On 1/5/2019 at 6:24 PM, Kathleen O'Connell said:
I'm embarrassed to admit that I only stumbled across Anita Rachvelishvili the other day! (Via this NYT article.) A few seconds into my first clip I wanted to run, not walk, to the Met box office and throw all my money at them for tickets to her performances.
I HAD THE SAME REACTION!! For too many years the Met had Dolora Sajek (sp??) as Asucena and I welcomed the change.
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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'!!
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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.
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2 hours ago, bcash said:
People might be inclined to assume otherwise because of the conclusion of the Martins investigation.
Anyway, I'm annoyed that most media outlets other than the NYT use "ballerina" or "dancer" in their headline to describe Waterbury. She's a model and student, a former ballet student, but not a dancer and certainly not a "ballerina". The use of these descriptors plants the impression that this is coming from someone who's an established member of the company, when in reality she's not.
SO WHAT!! if she wasn't a member of the Company-----she was a STUDENT which makes the accusations far worse....
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On 5/19/2018 at 3:17 PM, DanielBenton said:
This is good news. We need to see Balanchine danced by many different companies rooted in different traditions.
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
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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!
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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.....
RIP Alicia Alonso
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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.