Helene

Oh, you lucky dogs in NYC next August: Sarasota Ballet is coming to the Joyce August 8-13 (2016)! http://www.joyce.org/performance/sarasota-ballet/#.VkJ18WSrRJk From the website: Monday 7:30pm Tuesday 7:30pm Wednesday 7:30pm Thursday 8pm Friday 8pm Saturday 2pm & 8pm Tickets are onsale now. Call JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 for $10 tickets. All other tickets can be purchased online.

I hope to read many reports on this visit.

That's just, hmm, I have no words.

That is truly odd, since Obraztsova was legendary in opera. I would have thought they'd go all out for her memorial.

A "Nutcracker" ad with a nice view of some of the costumes. Sugar Plum Fairy is Elizabeth Murphy, who's on the poster, and Cavalier is Jerome Tisserand: I'm guessing the long purple dress is the Sugar Plum Fairy's for the opening of Act II, which includes the SPF's variation. I love that it matches. There's a 20% discount offer for opening weekend, November 27-29 for 72 hours, which should mean by 11:59pm on Wednesday, November 11: https://www.pnb.org/mypromo/?promo=sugarplum&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16-nutcracker-monday-promo-20&utm_content=version_A&sourceNumber= The discount code is "Sugarplum." It's imbedded in the link above, but you'll need it for phone orders or for website orders if you don't use the link.

Just a taste from instagram: Dec in "Emergence" (first clip): https://instagram.com/p/850XaXmei0/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Imler in "Square Dance": https://instagram.com/p/7ZE48DGesx/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

Here's a photo of the six new members: left to right: Henry Cotton, Cecilia Illiesiu, Guillaume Basso, Madison Sugg, Miles Pertl, Angeli Mamon https://instagram.com/p/7bpHsHmeiW/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet PNB's average height among the men has risen.

Clips from PNB's instagram: The Calling: Dylan Wald: https://instagram.com/p/9nL4K1GeuV/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Sum Stravinsky: Maria Chapman: https://instagram.com/p/9p12PqGete/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Angelica Generosa: https://instagram.com/p/9xLtGomer4/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet William Lin-Yee: https://instagram.com/p/9Tk1l1meq4/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Emergence: Laura Tisserand, Batkhurel Bold: https://instagram.com/p/9kaMTCmekJ/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet James Moore: https://instagram.com/p/9t9l5jGehh/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Ensemble: https://instagram.com/p/9Zm7NzGets/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet https://instagram.com/p/9ZHoGZGemw/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet https://instagram.com/p/830XMnGegr/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Leah Merchant, Benjamin Griffiths, Steven Loch, Price Suddarth: https://instagram.com/p/9eIcDhGeqw/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Signature: Leta Biasucci, Ezra Thomson: https://instagram.com/p/9cVLtoGenv/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet https://instagram.com/p/9OkJ-TGeh8/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet Jerome Tisserand, Margaret Mullin, Dylan Wald: https://instagram.com/p/9XL9BTmers/?taken-by=pacificnorthwestballet

It's wonderful news for Imler and Dec and their husbands In the past few years, Kaori Nakamura, who danced Juliette in PNB's last visit to NYC and has been PNB faculty since she retired, Sarah Ricard Orza, Maria Chapman, Kylee Kitchens, and Rachel Foster have had children, and Baby Imler and Baby Dec-Cruz will have plenty of playmates!

In the Q&A this afternoon, Peter Boal said that Lindsi Dec and Carrie Imler are pregnant -- wheeeee, more parents in the company, joining the Orzas, Kyle Kitchens, Maria Chapman, and Rachel Foster -- with due dates in January and April. (I don't know if any of the new men have kids.) James Moore was out today and Dylan Wald, who did opening night of "The Calling" did tonight's performance. I'm fairly certain Matthew Renko made his debut as Bee Man in "Emergence" this afternoon, replacing Moore. In the program, there is an article "In Memoriam" for Scott Ligocki, Principal Violist. Rest in peace Mr. Ligocki.

For New Yorkers waiting to see Carrie Imler, per Peter Boal in a Q&A this afternoon, she's pregnant, and he thinks due in April. Lindsi Dec is also pregnant and her due date is January. Some updates on casting from the first two programs of the season: Prodigal Son: Benjamin Griffiths/Leslie Rausch James Moore/Laura Tisserand Matthew Renko/Emma Love Suddarth Emergence: Bee Man: Price Suddarth, Matthew Renko, and James Moore Pas de Deux: Laura Tisserand/Batkhurel Bold; Maria Chapman/Karel Cruz