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jimmattimore

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  1. I was at "Giselle," 7/13 with Paloma, Gomes and Michelle, and it was an amazing evening. Paloma was magnificent, Gomes exhiliarting, Wiles just superb. The applause was bountiful, and sustained. Yes, I love Allessandra too.
  2. It's not. :rolleyes: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree. Our friends live in sunny Manhattan Beach, CA,and desperately want us to move there. NEVER. First , to buy a decrepit shed with no running water on 1/16th of an acre, you need a million. That is no place for a balletomane. I'll take Manhattan......
  3. I had a "Swan Lake " day on Wednesday the 6th.It was a great way to beat that oppressive humidity. I found both performances to be wonderful, but Julie Kent outdanced Michelle Wiles. Now as we know Michelle is young and I assume this was her first Odette/Odille, and she will work herself into it I am sure. Julie hit I think even more than the 32 fouettes, while Michelle did not , but did a lot of doubles. Bocca and Acosta were fine. The swans were brilliant in both performances, and the final tableau is magnificent. I love Paloma, and will see her in "Giselle." What faults do her negative critics find in her?
  4. Is there a version of "Midsummer's Night Dream?" How about with Suzanne? JIM Thanks
  5. I see that Amazon has Repertory in Review. They are offering new and 10 copies used at $39.99. I hope this helps seekers. JIM
  6. poisson. Always tingles me-----and scares me too. JIM
  7. Your last line sums up my view of the season. MND was the best. I missed Jennie and Janie, and I look forward to seeing them in November.Can we (I'm sure he's a nice man.) get a new resident choreographer to replace Wheeldon? My new rule: if he has a ballet on the program, I'm staying home unless it's his "Carousel." I like Pauline Golbin. Where was she this season? I didn't see Kyra until MND.I am not a person who looks back to rue. I always look to the future, and this company will live as long as there is life and dancers as great as the entire NYCB company. I will be now going across the plaza for "Corsaire" and "Swan Lake" and "Raymonda." I thank you and Alexandra and Carbro for your goodness and excellence and encyclopedic knowledge of ballet. Where's Leigh, another ATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTer? JIM
  8. Wonderful wonderful. Thanks you
  9. one of the joys I have during the spring season-----------I hate the cold, and wouldn't be wait at the stage door if Godot were coming---------is hanging out on the entranceway to the stage. I find that if I see a principal, they smile if I wave to them-Jock, alexandra, kyra. albert Evans is great. He always speaks with the SaB kids and they love him. about two weeks back, I was hanging there, and I noticed a dancer reading a book. I asked-"are you a dancer?" "yes," she replied. I asked her her name and it was Savannah Lowery. I had just seen her dance in "Rubies" a week before and I said-"You're terrific." She loved the revue. So we chatted for a few minutes, and that was wonderful. I am not an autograph person, but I am a collector of signed ballet slippers. Years back I wrote to tell Susan Jaffe how much I loved her and she sent me her shoes, and she invited me to her dressing roomafter she danced. That was spinetingling. Her dressing room was cluttrered with discarded slippers and panty hose and cigarettes. They're human, and they're often very gracious. I also correspond with Paloma herrera, and Janie Taylor. so, yes, go to the stage door. JIM
  10. To all------- I wonder what dancers earn.?? They're so great, and they work so hard. Here's what I hope-----principals 100K, soloists, 80K, corpsmembers 60K I am hoping someone will know. Thanks, JIM
  11. oh no, carla is leaving. I'm already depressed after having seen the last NYCB performance until November. We loved the 2pm Saturday matinee ,and my wife felt it was never funnier. I could not get two tickets for the 19th , and envy all of you who were there. Does that magnificent man/dancer Jock know that being a restauranteur is even more difficult than being a primo danseur.? Jennie is back, and Janie is back. The pas in "MND" with jennifer and Charles was beautiful. We are trying to manipulate a trip to Saratoga for an NYCB fix, but the logistics are cumbersome. To the balletomanes starting with alexandra and carbro and oberon and bobbi and leigh, I send much thanks for your knowledge. I left out too many others and I apologize, but we just arrived home at 11 p.m., and I am off to bed. Ciao. jim
  12. Rest easily- a dynamo. Beautiful. Very fast in her turns. You would have loved her as did I; she will continue to soar. Tiny from my fourth ring, but large in execution. She made me very pleased.
  13. I am just home from Thursday's "MND," and I think it is a perfect ballet. There isn't one dead or dull moment in two hours. I've seen it 40 times, and yes, it makes me feel good about possibilities. Talk about mise en scene--- the music, the brilliant choreography, the magnificent dancers, the minimalist, but beautiful secenery, the singing, the Sab girls. What more could I ask, and yes, I love a lot of other George Ballanchine ballets. I just absolutely love the ballet, and my wife and I will see it on Saturday. There was, as you all know ,a great review of the ballet in the Times this week. Bittersweet That's all folks until November unless you can do Saratoga which we have never been able to do for many reasons. My latest new loves --------Lowery, Hiltin, Reichlein and a 16 year old sab-er named Kathryn Morgan who danced with the company the week after the sab recital. I am a very happy balletomane, and I love to learn from the incisive comments of all who come on. I am just learning-and loving it. JIM a memorable Hippolyta--------------- Monique
  14. Report from the Fourth Ring Thursday June 16. Is there any way we can eliminate "Carnival of the animals " from the rep? It is awful and stupid and pretentious and a waste of the dancers' talents. You know how Great Ballanchine is when his "Symphony in C" follows that interminable --45 minutes---piece. I watched abiot 35 seconds of it and spent my time productively reading a novel. Good piece in Times today about ideal casting for "Swan Lake" at abt. JIM
  15. Brava and Bravo. I feel with Carbro the sad face at Jock's departure. jim
  16. Carbro-- Brilliant commentary as always. Next Thursday. I'll rush home to miss "Carnival of the animals." I do not love "Double Feature," but I sure do love Tom Gold and Sofie and ashley and alexandra. I was thrilled to see Kathryn Morgan from SaB dncing tonight since I found her to be the star of the workshop of June 4. Brava Kathryn.
  17. WOW. Oberon what a review. I agree 1000 %. Never never did AA look and dance better. Wendy, Jock: No words. You are right in every word. And three curtain calls. Brava. JIM
  18. To Tewsley watchers: He danced tonight as a guest artist. I like Sterling Hyltin a lot. Wendy is incredible; she danced two pieces and appears to be about 21. I love that woman, but : How does she do it? still? She dazzles me. Jock is dancing again; it'll be sad when both he and Peter will not be with us in 2006. Bouder danced magnificently in "Polyphonia," another Wheeldon piece I do not love, but oh how I love what those dancers can do with their bodies. Monday, my wife and I will start walking and going to our condo's gym. These dancers have inspired me. Best to all, and thanks for teaching me with every one of your posts. JIM
  19. I love NYCB, and I love also ABT whick Kisselgoff hates; she is brilliant and knows everything, but she can be nasty too. She will never retire. How do you guys like Rockwell? JIM
  20. Yes, yes: Cabro, Plie, and we will throw rosebuds to your wonderful self. Thanks, JIm We all move on, eh?
  21. Oberon: What a magical epistle to the greatness of NYCB. You -and I'm jealous-have seen many more ballets and many more dancers than I have, but, like you, I love them all. I cannot imagine the pain in their beautiful bodies as they perform these wondrous ballets. I can barely do ten pushups, much less catch a 99 pound ballerina leaping into my arms. And those pointe shoes and their tender toes. I never bemoan the present with that roster of dancers. YES to Oberon 100000000000000000%, JIM
  22. Never have I see Alexandra A. dance as superbly as she did last night. Thank the Lord she is fully recovered from her horrendous injury. I sadly note three missing principals: Jock, jenny, Janie. "Harlequinade" was just a delight. A romp for all. And oh what a good fairy was Tess R. And as the lead aloutte, Sterling Hyltin was wonderful. I could see "Jewels," and "Serenade" and "Themes and Varioations" and "Tschaikovsky Suite Number 3 " every night of my life. Kudoes to all the dancers In "T 3" of 5/12: Korbes, Hanna, Rutherford, Fayette, Bouder, Ulbricht, sylvie and Askegard. I know Gottlieb hates Peter and seems also to hate NYCB, but after reading his article on the gala in the Obserever, I agree wuth him---for a rare time. The Wheeldon grows worse in my mind with each day. Give me Ballanchine-please. jim
  23. Amanda: Thank you. I loved the Golbin piece. I never know why some wonderful dancers never rise from the corps? Seems very unfair, but The dance masters and mistresses know far more than I. JIM
  24. I totally agree. And Gioia is a very good poet, and I feel he's doing well at NEA. I am with Cabro's analyses most of the time, but I liked the new Martins less than she did. I would only want to see the Liiang again. I felt last evening that I was watching great dancers in a great company who proved thay can dance anything: what I did not see much of was :beauty Yes, where did Milliped find that music? It hurt. Best, JIMMATTIMORE
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