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  1. In sports, most of the leagues have first-year player classes on how to deal with the press, avoid loose women and handle their finances. On the men's tennis tour, they have something they call "ATP University" where the first-year players go to the tour's European headquarters in Monte Carlo (yeah, I know) at the end of the year and go through all this stuff with the media. They go over body language, understanding the role of the media (deadlines, a and b stories, look ahead stories, profiles) and what you can and don't have to say to the press. Many of the leagues do the same thing (NBA, WTA, NFL).

  2. I am planing to attend the Pennsylvania Ballet in March and another dance event at the Music Academy in April. I wanted to know if there are tips for things to avoid or look for when purchasing tickets. I tend to sit upstairs, in the less expensive seats, but I might to decide to splug to sit closer. Are there any sections to avoid (particial viewing etc...) and are there must-go-tos as far as gift shops or restaurants?

  3. Program and Casting Subject to Change

    *First time in role

    +Guest Artist

    FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 2, 2003

    TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25 AT 7:30PM [Fiorato]

    Coppélia: BORREE, *MILLEPIED, La FOSSE

    Waltz: *EDGE

    Dawn: *A. STAFFORD

    Prayer: HANSON

    Spinner: van KIPNIS

    War & Discord: *ASH, HENDRICKSON

    WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26 AT 8:00PM

    Soirée: TAYLOR, KÖRBES, MANDRADJIEFF, MILLEPIED, ORZA, ULBRICHT [Walters]

    Intermission

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier: BORREE, GOLD

    Pause

    Sinfonia: MARCOVICI, KÖRBES, TAYLOR, FAIRCHILD [Grant, Nikkanen]

    Intermission

    Who Cares?: NEAL, WEESE, ANSANELLI, A. STAFFORD [Chelton]

    THURSDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 27 AT 11:00AM [Kaplow]

    Interplay: KÖRBES, RIGGINS, ASH, MANDRADJIEFF, HANNA, A. HENDRICKSON, ULBRICHT, J. STAFFORD [Chelton]

    Pause

    Tarantella: ANSANELLI, GOLD [McDill]

    Intermission

    Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]

    Intermission

    Who Cares?: NEAL, WEESE, ANSANELLI, A. STAFFORD [Chelton]

    THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27 AT 8:00PM [Kaplow]

    Coppélia: *RINGER, *ASKEGARD, La FOSSE

    Waltz: *MANDRADJIEFF

    Dawn: *RICARD

    Prayer: *ABERGEL

    Spinner: *RIGGINS

    War & Discord: *BAR, *ORZA

    FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28 AT 8:00PM

    Concerto Barocco: BORREE, SOMOGYI, FAYETTE [ingraham, Danielson]

    Pause

    Tarantella: FAIRCHILD, ULBRICHT [McDill]

    Pause

    Carousel (A Dance): ANSANELLI, MILLEPIED, RUTHERFORD, van KIPNIS, HIGGINS, ORZA

    Intermission

    Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]

    Intermission

    I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, RINGER, van KIPNIS, HIGGINS, NEAL, MARCOVICI

    SATURDAY MATINEE, MARCH 1 AT 2:00PM [Fiorato]

    Coppélia: BORREE, MILLEPIED, La FOSSE

    Waltz: EDGE

    Dawn: A. STAFFORD

    Prayer: HANSON

    Spinner: van KIPNIS

    War & Discord: ASH, HENDRICKSON

    SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1 AT 8:00PM [Kaplow]

    Coppélia: RINGER, MILLEPIED, La FOSSE

    Waltz: MANDRADJIEFF

    Dawn: RICARD

    Prayer: *NATANYA

    Spinner: RIGGINS

    War & Discord: BAR, ORZA

    SUNDAY MATINEE, MARCH 2 AT 3:00PM

    Who Cares?: MARTINS, WEESE, SOMOGYI, A. STAFFORD [Chelton]

    Intermission

    Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]

    Intermission

    I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, RINGER, van KIPNIS, HIGGINS, NEAL, MARCOVICI

  4. Thank you Mikhail for your impressions. Is Alexandrova not considered Odette-Odile material in Russia? Since learning about how she is viewed in Russia by her public and by her bosses, I was thinking of roles that she could do and came up with Swan Lake. I don't know what is considered usual in Moscow, but I've seen many taller, more robust ballerinas dance the lead and found them to be wonderful, such as Martine van Hamel and Monique Meunier. Or is it a matter of finding a partner? That has been a problem for many a tall dancer, yet I saw many tall men when the Bolshoi last came to New York.

  5. *First time in role

    +Guest Artist

    FEBRUARY 18-23, 2003

    TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18 AT 7:30PM [Fiorato]

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier: BORREE, GOLD

    Pause

    Ballade: WHELAN, TEWSLEY [Chelton]

    Intermission

    Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]

    Pause

    Sonatas and Interludes: KOWROSKI, SOTO [Chelton]

    Intermission

    I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, RINGER, van KIPNIS, HIGGINS, SOTO, MARCOVICI

    WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19 AT 8:00PM [Kaplow]

    Concerto Barocco: WHELAN, SOMOGYI, ASKEGARD [ingraham, Danielson]

    Intermission

    Chiaroscuro: RUTHERFORD, SOMOGYI, van KIPNIS, SOTO, FAYETTE, GOLD

    Pause

    Soirée: TAYLOR, KÖRBES, MANDRADJIEFF, MILLEPIED, ORZA, ULBRICHT [Walters]

    Intermission

    Symphony in C:

    1st Mov.: A. STAFFORD, TEWSLEY

    2nd Mov.: KISTLER, SOTO

    3rd Mov.: TAYLOR, CARMENA

    4th Mov.: van KIPNIS, FOWLER

    THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20 AT 8:00PM

    Square Dance: BORREE, BOAL

    Intermission

    Reliquary: TAYLOR, ANSANELLI, MARCOVICI, ORZA

    Pause

    Sonatas and Interludes: KOWROSKI, SOTO [Chelton]

    Intermission

    Vienna Waltzes: RUTHERFORD, FAYETTE, WEESE, TEWSLEY, ASH, HIGGINS, RINGER, ASKEGARD, NICHOLS, NEAL

    FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21 AT 8:00PM [Fiorato]

    Interplay: RICARD, RIGGINS, ASH, MANDRADJIEFF, HANNA, HENDRICKSON, *CARMENA, ULBRICHT [Chelton]

    Pause

    Sinfonia: MARCOVICI, KÖRBES, TAYLOR, FAIRCHILD [Grant, Nikkanen]

    Pause

    Ballade: RINGER, TEWSLEY [Chelton]

    Intermission

    Vienna Waltzes: RUTHERFORD, FAYETTE, BORREE, MILLEPIED, *EDGE, HIGGINS, RINGER, ASKEGARD, KISTLER, NEAL

    SATURDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 22 AT 2:00PM

    Reliquary: TAYLOR, ANSANELLI, *HALL

    Intermission

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier: BORREE, GOLD

    Pause

    Sinfonia: MARCOVICI, KÖRBES, TAYLOR, FAIRCHILD [Grant, Nikkanen]

    Intermission

    Vienna Waltzes: RUTHERFORD, FAYETTE, BORREE, MILLEPIED, EDGE, HIGGINS, RINGER, ASKEGARD, KISTLER, NEAL

    SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22 AT 8:00PM [Quinn]

    Concerto Barocco: BORREE, SOMOGYI, FAYETTE [ingraham, Danielson]

    Pause

    Tarantella: *FAIRCHILD, *ULBRICHT [McDill]

    Pause

    Carousel (A Dance): ANSANELLI, *MILLEPIED, RUTHERFORD, van KIPNIS, HIGGINS, *ORZA

    Intermission

    Reliquary: TAYLOR, ANSANELLI, MARCOVICI, HALL

    Intermission

    Who Cares?: ASKEGARD, RINGER, SOMOGYI, van KIPNIS [Grant]

    SUNDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 23 AT 3:00PM [Fiorato]

    Interplay: RICARD, RIGGINS, ASH, MANDRADJIEFF, HANNA, HENDRICKSON, CARMENA, ULBRICHT [Chelton]

    Pause

    Valse-Fantaisie: BORREE, GOLD

    Intermission

    Hallelujah Junction: TAYLOR, MILLEPIED, MARCOVICI [Grant, Moredock]

    Intermission

    Symphony in C:

    1st Mov.: SOMOGYI, TEWSLEY

    2nd Mov.: KISTLER, NEAL

    3rd Mov.: TAYLOR, CARMENA

    4th Mov.: van KIPNIS, FOWLER

  6. As Alexandra said, Alexandrova has a lot of American fans, including me. I'm thankful for the comments about her. I saw her only in three things - Sym. in C, 3rd movement; one of the soloists surrounding the Don Q pas de deux; and as Myrta - but she had tremendous impact. I had never seen a big dancer do the third movement in the Bizet and now, having seen her, I long to see another grand dancer soar through those jumps. I can understand the comments several of you made about her looks, but she seems just fine and pretty enough in the pictures on Marc's site. And her legs look quite long. In addition, I found her musical and tasteful.

    Is Agon still a part of the Bolshoi's rep.? Because she'd be fabulous in either the 2nd pas de trois or the pas de deux. It's a shame she's not popular with the current administration.

  7. Ooohh, this poll is sort of tastless... :) I voted for Carreno, but I really would have liked to voted for Marcelo Gomes. I don't care that he just came out in the Advocate, he's the sexiest thing on the ballet stage. Just watch him as the purple pimp in McKenzie's Swan Lake or the pimp in Taylor's Black Tuesday -- very macho! But forget the pimps, he appears most manly when he is lovingly partnering the ballerinas in Tchiak pas de deux, Giselle or Theme and Variations.

  8. When Tewsley guested with the company a few years ago, he partnered Somogyi in the third movement. She's gone on to the first movement and I wish he would too, instead of having N. Martins do the role. Bouder and Millepied were fantastic together in the third movement last year. With Bouder out right now, I'd love to see a dancer such as Carrie Lee Riggins in the part, partnered by Carmenia. It wasn't so long ago Riggins was doing a few solo parts here and there, like Winter in Four Seasons, and gave nicely detailed performances.

  9. Program and Casting Subject to Change

    *First time in role

    +Guest Artist

    FEBRUARY 11-16, 2003

    TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11 AT 7:30PM

    Burleske: KISTLER, TAYLOR, ANGLE, BOAL [Walters]

    Intermission

    Antique Epigraphs: KÖRBES, RUTHERFORD, RINGER, KOWROSKI

    Pause

    Chiaroscuro: WEESE, SOMOGYI, van KIPNIS, SOTO, FAYETTE, GOLD

    Intermission

    Agon: WHELAN, EVANS, MARCOVICI, McBREARTY, van KIPNIS, KOWROSKI, HANNA, FOWLER

    WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12 AT 8:00PM [Fiorato]

    Interplay: KÖRBES, RIGGINS, ASH, *MANDRADJIEFF, HANNA, *HENDRICKSON, *ULBRICHT, J. STAFFORD [Chelton]

    Intermission

    Piano Pieces: *CARMENA, SOMOGYI, ANGLE, ANSANELLI, MARCOVICI, KOWROSKI, HANNA [Grant]

    Intermission

    I'm Old Fashioned: RUTHERFORD, KOWROSKI, RINGER, HIGGINS, NEAL, MARCOVICI

    THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13 AT 8:00PM

    Antique Epigraphs: *van KIPNIS, RUTHERFORD, RINGER, KOWROSKI

    Pause

    Soirée: TAYLOR, KÖRBES, MANDRADJIEFF, ANGLE, ORZA, ULBRICHT [Walters]

    Intermission

    Porte et un Soupir: KOWROSKI, GOLD

    Intermission

    Agon: WHELAN, EVANS, BOAL, McBREARTY, van KIPNIS, SOMOGYI, HANNA, FOWLER

    FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14 AT 8:00PM

    Reliquary: *TAYLOR, *ANSANELLI, *MARCOVICI, *ANGLE

    Intermission

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier: BORREE, WOETZEL

    Pause

    Antique Epigraphs: van KIPNIS, RUTHERFORD, RINGER, KOWROSKI

    Intermission

    Vienna Waltzes: RUTHERFORD, FAYETTE, WEESE, *TEWSLEY, ASH, *HIGGINS, RINGER, ASKEGARD, NICHOLS, NEAL

    SATURDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 15 AT 2:00PM

    Soirée: TAYLOR, KÖRBES, MANDRADJIEFF, ANGLE, ORZA, ULBRICHT [Walters]

    Pause

    Valse-Fantaisie: BORREE, MILLEPIED

    Intermission

    Opus 19/The Dreamer: WHELAN, BOAL [Nikkanen]

    Intermission

    Chaconne: KISTLER, NEAL, FAIRCHILD, HENDRICKSON, KROHN, BAR, HANNA, RIGGINS, ABERGEL, GOLBIN, la COUR, ROBERTSON

    SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15 AT 8:00PM

    Interplay: *RICARD, RIGGINS, ASH, MANDRADJIEFF, *ANGLE, HENDRICKSON, ULBRICHT, J. STAFFORD [Chelton]

    Pause

    Sinfonia: *MARCOVICI, *KÖRBES, *TAYLOR, *ANSANELLI [Grant]

    Intermission

    Opus 19/The Dreamer: WHELAN, BOAL [Nikkanen]

    Intermission

    Vienna Waltzes: RUTHERFORD, FAYETTE, WEESE, TEWSELY, ASH, HIGGINS, RINGER, ASKEGARD, NICHOLS, NEAL

    SUNDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 16 AT 3:00PM [Fiorato]

    Mozartiana: WHELAN, NEAL, GOLD

    Intermission

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier: BORREE, WOETZEL

    Pause

    Tarantella: ANSANELLI, MILLEPIED [McDill]

    Intermission

    Symphony in C:

    1st Mov.: A. STAFFORD, *ANGLE

    2nd Mov.: KISTLER, SOTO

    3rd Mov.: TAYLOR, TEWSLEY

    4th Mov.: van KIPNIS, HIGGINS

  10. Carbo, that little part in Symphony in C, third movement, is a make-or-break section for me when watching a company perform the ballet. It is right a "london bridges" moment where Balanchine has 1 demi couple makes a bridge or treliss with their arms, and the other demi couple goes through and then it is repeated with the other couple making the bridge etc... It is a little jazzy (the little turned in knee half-curtsie also occurs in other ballets, such as Rubies and Square Dance), but also has a whiff of social dancing or baroque form dance. And it matches the music at that point, which has the lower strings sort of sawing away (with the high woodwinds chimming in) in what I always think of as ho-down music.

    What makes it a telling moment for me when I watch other companies do it, is whether they get that little jazzy or (if you will) non-ballet inflection. Some play it completely straight, thus failing to highlight Balanchine's recognition of that moment in the music. Of course, you don't want to over do it either. I thought Dena Abergel, as one of the demi soloists in the most recent performance at nycb, did it just perfectly.

  11. A few changes, Millepied is out of Valse-Fantaisie, replaced by Angle in a debut. Neal is out of Sat. matinee Who Care's?, replaced by Askegard.

    Program and Casting Subject to Change

    *First time in role

    +Guest Artist

    FEBRUARY 4-9, 2003

    TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4 AT 7:30PM [Fiorato]

    Concerto Barocco: WHELAN, SOMOGYI, ASKEGARD [ingraham, Danielson]

    Pause

    Valse-Fantaisie: ANSANELLI, *ANGLE

    Intermission

    Porte et un Soupir: KOWROSKI, GOLD

    Intermission

    Symphony in C:

    1st Mov.: A. STAFFORD, MARTINS

    2nd Mov.: KISTLER, SOTO

    3rd Mov.: TAYLOR, TEWSLEY

    4th Mov.: van KIPNIS, HIGGINS

    WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5 AT 8:00PM

    Opus 19/The Dreamer: RINGER, BOAL [Nikkanen]

    Intermission

    Sonatas and Interludes: KOWROSKI, SOTO [Chelton]

    Pause

    Burleske: KISTLER, TAYLOR, BOAL, ANGLE [Walters]

    Intermission

    Agon: WHELAN, SOTO, MARCOVICI, McBREARTY, van KIPNIS, KOWROSKI, HANNA, FOWLER

    THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6 AT 8:00PM

    Mozartiana: NICHOLS, WOETZEL, GOLD

    Intermission

    Kammermusik No. 2: KOWROSKI, SYLVE+, ASKEGARD, NEAL [Grant]

    Pause

    Ballade: *RINGER, TEWSLEY [Chelton]

    Intermission

    Who Cares?: MARTINS, WEESE, SOMOGYI, TAYLOR [Grant]

    FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7 AT 8:00PM

    Concerto Barocco: WHELAN, SOMOGYI, ASKEGARD [ingraham, Kuo]

    Intermission

    Antique Epigraphs: *KORBES, *RUTHERFORD, RINGER, KOWROSKI

    Pause

    Chiaroscuro: WEESE, SOMOGYI, van KIPNIS, SOTO, FAYETTE, GOLD

    Intermission

    Chaconne: NICHOLS, MARTINS, *FAIRCHILD, *HENDRICKSON, KROHN, BAR, HANNA, RIGGINS, PAZCOGUIN, CICCONE, ZUNGRE, DRONOVA, ABERGEL, GOLBIN, la COUR, ROBERTSON

    SATURDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 8 AT 2:00PM

    Mozartiana: NICHOLS, WOETZEL, ULBRICHT

    Intermission

    Burleske: KISTLER, TAYLOR, BOAL ANGLE [Walters]

    Pause

    Chiaroscuro: WEESE, SOMOGYI, van KIPNIS, SOTO, FAYETTE, GOLD

    Intermission

    Who Cares?: *ASKEGARD, RINGER, ANSANELLI, van KIPNIS [Grant]

    SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8 AT 8:00PM

    Kammermusik No. 2: KOWROSKI, SYLVE+, ASKEGARD, NEAL [Grant]

    Pause

    Valse-Fantaisie: ANSANELLI, MILLEPIED

    Intermission

    Porte et un Soupir: KOWROSKI, GOLD

    Intermission

    Agon: WHELAN, EVANS, BOAL, McBREARTY, van KIPNIS, SOMOGYI, HANNA, FOWLER

    SUNDAY MATINEE, FEBRUARY 9 AT 3:00PM

    Square Dance: BORREE, MARTINS

    Intermission

    Opus 19/The Dreamer: RINGER, WOETZEL [Nikkanen]

    Intermission

    Agon: WHELAN, SOTO, MARCOVICI, McBREARTY, van KIPNIS, SOMOGYI, HANNA, FOWLER

  12. Official site: www.nycballet.com

    Official school: www.sab.org

    New York Choreographic Institute: www.nycballet.com/nyci/nyci_about.html

    Saratoga Performing Arts Center, official summer home of the New York City Ballet: www.spac.org

    Official site of the Balanchine Foundation: www.balanchine.org

    Official site of the Jerome Robbins Trust and Foundation: www.jeromerobbins.org

    Kate Snedeker's excellent chronicle of the SAB workshops:

    http://www.sabworkshops.org/

  13. I enter this thread with my head hanging in shame -- I work for ESPN. I brought up the ad, and the street-side editing it received, to some of my co-workers, and they thought it was great. But I think they were laughing about the cheerleaders-trophies connection. I like my job, I like getting a paycheck...but, I think it's safe to bring this up, in the New York Post last year, Phil Muchnick (the sports TV columnist) brought up how the company has very strict rules about harassment and treating women fairly in the workplace, but then consistently has misogynist content on its shows and in its magazine.

  14. Of course, this was the cliffnotes version of their lives, but with regards to Corella's early ballet education, he still seems pretty angry about the way he was used at Ullate's company, at least from the interview he did about a year ago on Charlie Rose. The people behind this show might not have wanted to go there.

    And the program kind of didn't delve into the harder parts of being a dancer, although Malakhov's section did a little bit. His trip back to Moscow was very interesting, especially how he was considered a foreigner from Ukraine at the Bolshoi. Yet, many of the Russians I interview in sports consider Ukraine, Belarus and even Georgia and Uzbekistan part of "Russia." But they also told me about how if you're not from Moscow or St. Petersburg, you got descriminated against. So Malakhov's segment showed a peak at something that is very interesting to me. And I loved him telling Grigorivich, "Too late." Other dancers during that time - Ananiashvilli is one - has spoken of slights she received because she was Georgian.

    And seeing those Cuban boys with their tattered shoes was heartbreaking.

  15. Add another vote of agreement with Anna Kisselgoff's accessment of the show. It came off as very good public relations for the four stars of ABT, and had as much depth. But I liked it. I guess I wouldn't be so hard on it if only we had more opportunities to see ballet on TV. But this (and the non-ballet ballet Othello by SFB in June) is it on PBS.

    I liked going back to each dancer's hometown, but I found the bits with Morris a little bit precious. It was nice to drag D'Amboise into the show, but it could have been made clear that he was once one of the top male dancers. And while it was appropriate to mention Baryshnikov as an inspiration for male dancers, I thought it remiss not to bring up Edward Villella, who also greatly extended the profile and technical skills of the men in ballet.

    There also were a few omissions from the bios that should have been corrected, even considering the limited time (and why only 60 minutes? Couldn't Dance in America have squeezed another 30 minutes from Antique Road Show), such as how Stiefel makes it seem like he went straight to SAB from Wisconsin. Didn't the family first move to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he studied at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (the school that gave ballet the LeBlanc sisters, the Staffords, Zahorian, Lavery, and Bouder etc...).

    As for the performance clips, the snips of home movies were great. I saw Stiefel in that SAB workshop in which he also danced the 3rd movement of Symphony in C. Everybody knew then that he was going to be a star. And the shots from festival in Cuba were great fun and, oh my god, a ballerina was shown. Isn't partnering a huge part of being a male ballet dancer. Yet none of the men's partners from ABT or elsewhere were interviewed. Did they boycott the production, hoping for a "Girls Gone Wild" video of their own (you watchters of late night cheesy TV know what I mean)?

    Of course, the general audience might not have seen the clips from the previously aired Le Corsaire, but I have. And I'm sure Judy Kinberg found it cheaper to get clips from shows she produced herself rather than get a camera over to the Met or City Center to film the men in parts that might have shown them in a greater variety of styles within the classical reperatoire such as Prodigal Son, Onegin or even Stiefel's solo from Black Tuesday. This show has been in the works for about two years, so they certainly could have done some more in-performance filming.

    Of course, I'm seeing this as a glass-half-emtpy situation. The men came off very well, it showed them in a strong light. And if this show can get a few more people to accept men in ballet, if they liked what they saw and go to the ballet or write to PBS that they want to see more ballet programing, then it was a great show.

    Also, Morris Neighbor, Christopher D'Amboise no longer runs Penn Ballet, Roy Kaiser does.

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