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Stanley

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  1. In fact a lot of his tweets don't actually make that much sense, he's not quite as clever as the wit he's straining after and he relys too much on big words to give weight to very little meaning. The Koch/soap dish tweet being a case in point. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/15/article-1366525-0B307C7900000578-755_468x222.jpg Which big word are you struggling with? Sabotage? Paranoia? Dispenser?
  2. I was just noticing that after bouder premiers in Rubies, she will have danced in both Emeralds and Rubies, and that made me wonder if there has been any ballerinna who has danced the lead in all three Jewels; Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds??
  3. There is a great video of tonight's premier of The Nightengale and the Rose on the New York Magazine website.
  4. Also, the current 'stars' of NYCB got into the company before the Mae Wein award was first presented, and Jennie Somogyi and Benjamin Millipied have become stars in just the past few years. What I am trying to say is that the award doesn't equal instant success/ fame, and you have to give the dancers time and let them learn first. And I have no clue where you are coming from when you say some of those people hardly dance! I must see at least 5 or more of those people danicng every night, and if you are going to say they are hardly dancing... then who is dancing? People who haven't won the Mae Wein award??
  5. new pictures are up. Fantastic one of Apollo, looks like it was posed.
  6. Middle Duet was somewhat different the other night, from when it premiered here back in October. There were two 'angels' lurking on the side of the stage, one black, the other white. I assume representing Heaven and Hell? Maria was fantastic, so much energy and a bit of agnst thrown in there too, and those legs, my god. And Albert her partner did a fine job of twisting her this way and that. I don't remember the ballet so well from when I saw it back in October, but in the performance last night, the dancers ultimately dance there way to death and collapse to the floor which then provokes the two angels to come to life. After a short confrontation, it is the dark angel who, I guess, takes care of the bodys, while in the background, a reprise of the beginning of the ballet begins with Rebecca Krohn and Amar, ooops I mean, Maria and Albert. Anyways it was a completely different ballet with the added on end. It became a story, a ballet with a deeper meaning. Personally I liked it the first time I saw it. Moves: I have to admit that I dreaded the idea of sitting through 'Moves'. As the curtain went up, I thought, how is this going to be good without any music? But fortunately it ended up being quite amazing. The lack of music actually rose the intensity to the next degree, and even though there wasn;t any actual music, the dancers still made noise by stomping or clapping other body parts together. Also the coughing and sneezing from the audience (myself included) contributed a nice melody. Rebecca Krohn was definitely the stand out in this ballet. She needs to be casted in every single leotard ballet as soon as possible! Jared her partner was just as good, giving intensity, which I found he lacked in the past. All the dancers were superb. As i watched the ballet I wondered how Robbins choreographed it. Withouth the music, he had to create a beginning, middle, and end from nothing. I assume that in his head he composed the perfect score as he choreogrpahed, down to the very last note. And I wondered, in a company thats all about the music being first, and seeing the music... it's intersting that a ballet like that would be performed there. But I think there actually was music, just not the kind we can hear. In the modern world, everything is music, the sound of the AC, the desk light buzzing, even silence. Anything the ear can hear can be translated to music, you might not enjoy listening to it, but thats only because we aren't used to what new and out of the box. And so what I am getting at is that silence is just another kind of music. wish I could elaborate more...
  7. I completely agree that Martins had the wrong idea of who Romeo was, and didn't develop the character whatsoever. Romeo appears and you think, he's sad, and poetic; head in the clouds. But Why? There's no Rosaline... I guess it's just hormones? And then his two friends appear on que, except, they don't really seem like his 'friends', just two guys who were sent by the non-existant Lord Montague to make sure Romeo was OK. And then they try to cheer Romeo up by doing a few tricks here and there, and then finally Romeo gives in, and after an awkward pause they do a little turn and thats that. There was absolutely nothing driving Romeo, and the worst part was when he would appear out of nowhere, and just in time to stop the fights between Mercutio and Tybalt. Especially the second fight when it didnt come across why he was trying to stop them from fighting again. Isn't for Juliet? Isn't it so he and Juliet can be together? That didn't come across to me at all, just that he happened to be there at the right time (again) and that he was just a peacmaker between the two families. Well, what I think it comes down to is that Romeo is just a teenager, and like most teenagers, he should be impetuous, and ultimately he just wants a girl and someone to love; however, not so much in this version.
  8. I'm sure she'll get her chance to do it the next time it's performed, perhaps Saratoga. After all it was choreographed on her
  9. It's interesting how Martin's raves in the article how perfect Erica is for the role, and how she was exactly what he wanted from a Juliet, and yet, she only gets two shows out of the fourteen? Judging from the video, she obviously can handle a role such as Juliet and without a problem. Out of the four students he originally wanted, she was the only one who made it, I would think she would have at least gotten a little more shows, since she is perfect for the role..
  10. I thought the idea to minimize the production into 2 acts was a great idea at first. But when I saw it last night, I felt that there were a few major scenes that are key to the plot that were left out, and the audience was just left to assume what was happening. You obviously have to go into this production already knowing the story, and knowing what happens when. For example, when the Friar is to inform Romeo that Juliet is not actually dead, but is infact asleep. I think that is such a key element in the story that makes it even more tragic, because if the Friar had followed through, it would have been a happy ending. Also, I didn't get a sense of tension between the Capulets and Montagues, luckily though they were color coded. Along with that, I thought the 'box' in the middle of the stage was rather intriguing at first. But then it turned out just to be a 3-D backdrop/portal, and I thought there could have been a lot more use out of it. I thought that Sterling and Robert were great though. And the swordfighting was fun and exciting. The slap I thought was very effective. A lot of great 'one-liners' as mentioned before.
  11. You go to the movies, not the ballet, to see actresses.
  12. I wish they would list the casting vertically like before, rather than in the sort of paragraph form they have going on right now... I find it so hard to read this way.
  13. Hi, I was just curious if anyone saw NCDT's new Nutcracker? I had read somewhere that they had an all new production and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on it?
  14. I think Albert Evans would be a good canidate. I've seen pictures of him in polyphonia doing jocks part, perhaps he can also do liturgy.
  15. Here is another good picture of the occasion, you might have to scroll down to the bottom, http://www.nycballet.com/programs/frc.html
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