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Apologies: this did come up for two days straight in my Google alerts, and I didn't bother to check the publication date to see that this pre-dated the same rather lame description of what the NYT has done since.

Whereas for me, the greatest Odette/Odile I've ever seen live was Carla Korbes', her last or penultimate performance, which surprised me, because I preferred her in neoclassical roles -- she excelled in "Diamonds" without lingering on the "Swan Lake" allusions -- to story ballets.

Ballet West is presenting mixed rep at the Joyce, and Leigh Witchel spoke to Artistic Director Adam Sklute about dancers to look out for in this visit: http://dancelog.nyc/a-conversation-with-adam-sklute-a-log-special-feature/ The Joyce page: https://www.joyce.org/performances/ballet-west

Like when Lilac Fairy wore heels? The children's roles in many Soviet and Russian ballets or the bugs in Balanchine's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or Angels and Polichinelles in"Nutcracker" where the girls are in ballet slippers? To refer to anything as classical ballet or not without looking at the content of the work is meaningless.

Since the Seattle Weekly's search engine is appalling and isn't helpful in finding the original, I'll cite Playbill's article that SW is reporting that Seattle P-I has assigned all arts coverage to RM Campbell, formerly music and dance critic, focussing on Seattle, Symphony, Seattle Opera, and Pacific Northwest Ballet and using freelancers. So that's what they're calling it now.

Pointe does not ballet make. For example:

Photo by mnacenani:

Tweeted by Dance Magazine:

Or, as Rose Gad responded to him on this public-facing Facebook thread, "Bournonville."

Whereas I think he writes with passion about working in book publishing and, a rarity, his female colleagues. He also describes an unusual (second) marriage: I don't know many people whose spouse was busy or uninterested who could head to Europe or any other destination with a female friend and have a great, unencumbered time with all parties fine with it. He almost made marriage sound appealing to me. That alone was worth the read.

The problem with World Ballet Day is that I expect to wake up tomorrow to Day 2...

Whereas I found unbridled enthusiasm in his descriptions of working and, especially, working his co-workers, most of whom get little recognition outside the industry, if then.

The segments with Dawson and Rhoden were taped.

I think they meant "Soloist."

According to the announcers, Jahna Franziskonis has been recently promoted to Principal. (The website doesn't reflect this at the moment.)

Bustamante demonstrates so beautifully.

San Francisco Ballet segment is about to start.

Currently NBoC is rehearsing a Justin Peck work, Paz de La Jolla. Chelsy Meiss is in a lead role (red leotard): for those who saw Romeos and Juliets, she is the dancer who was 5th or 6th cast, which wasn't supposed to go on, and she convinced Ratmansky to give her and her partner a chance. The pianist is amazing. ETA: I hope Peter Boal is watching.

Oregon Ballet Theatre posted that they will be presented between 3-4 PDT on San Francisco Ballet's segment:

Christopher Stowell is giving class at NBoC right now.

Ballet West will be included -- maybe during SFB's segment?

I would expect the editor of Bill Clinton and Toni Morrison to include them in a memoir, not to put affect false modesty and skip them. I loved "Avid Reader" like I love many books about work. He loved his work and his jobs for many years, which is more than most people can say, and "Avid Reader" didn't read to me like he loved his job to be able to name drop. I found it infused with energy.

Which was how he concluded: I think my father read every Louis L'amour book ever printed.

In "Emeralds," though, I think this was a deliberate construct on Balanchine's part in that set of ballets and a direct reference, and the parallel vs. diagonal approach distinguishes between the two relationships.

In "Emeralds" the Verdy couple walks along their respective wings before meeting each other, so the set up for "Diamonds" is there.