Helene

Thank you!

(Who is his favorite Odette?)

That's great news! Pacific Northwest Ballet performed "Five Tangos" in 2002, on a program with Stephen Baynes' "El Tango," and Nicolo Fonte's "Almost Tango."

Congratulations, Ms. Renavand

Awwwww...

According to Ismene Brown's tweet from yesterday: Ex Bolshoi boss Iksanov apptd head of Russia's equivalent to UNESCO, cooperatn in culture, educ, human rights over former Soviet republics.

Ismene Brown published a translation of this interview with Tsiskaridze on her blog: http://www.ismeneb.com/Blog/Entries/2013/12/15_Tsiskaridze__I_get_floors%2C_stairs_and_lightbulbs_fixed.html

Filin said from the beginning that he thought the investigation stopped prematurely when Dmitrichenko was apprehended.

No wonder she's not there anymore.

PNB is having a half-price sales on next Thursday's 2pm matinee (December 19) and both performances (2pm and 7:30pm) next Friday, December 20. (The text only mentions the 20th, but I clicked through the December 19 link from the page below, and the tickets are calculated at half price. The offer doesn't include the least expensive tickets or apply to the facility fee (included in the price), and the price displayed includes the discount. https://www.pnb.org/promo/pnbhalf An adult and child can see the "Nutcracker" from the back middle of the Second Tier with excellent sight for under $50. A family of four can see it for less than $100. Prince and Clara casting (as always, subject to change): Maria Chapman and Seth Orza, December 19 at 2pm Kylee Kitchens and Andrew Bartee, December 20 at 2pm Rachel Foster and Eric Hipolito Jr., December 20 at 7:30pm https://www.pnb.org/promo/pnbhalf

Following her review of "Cheri," Marina Harss published excerpts from an interview with Cornejo which she translated from the Spanish: http://dancetabs.com/2013/12/martha-clarke-takes-on-colettes-cheri-herman-cornejo-interview/ I was particularly struck by his comment, That's a perfect set-up to the story, at least as Collette wrote it.