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11 minutes ago, cubanmiamiboy said:
Here we go again. Butterfly doesn't have more kids with Pinkerton..! Aurora doesn't die..! Odette and Siegfried DO NOT SURVIVE THE BALLET...!!! 😠😠😠😠
I agree about the ending, but you were forewarned so....
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34 minutes ago, On Pointe said:
She has stated that "somebody has to pay" for what was done to her, but she's forgiven the actual perpetrator.
Evidence she forgave the actual perpetrator please. I've seen NOTHING that suggests that.
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1 minute ago, On Pointe said:
That doesn't change the fact that mere toplessness (if there is such a word) is not sexually explicit, especially since being topless in NYC, even in public, is legally permissible. There are topless women on the beaches and walking around Times Square (at least in the summertime!).
Again you ignore the matter of CHOICE inherent in this.
There may be women walking around topless in Times Square, but they chose to be topless in public.
She did not consent to be seen topless by the people who saw her photo.
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59 minutes ago, Drew said:
I also know very well that the history of race and racism in Russia is very different than the history of race and racism in the United States. But I find claims that Russians therefore are not or can’t be racist to defy credibility or to be based on an extremely limited notion of what racism is. “Pushkin’s ancestor” or Russia’s lack of involvement in the transatlantic slave trade etc. —these are important but do not encompass a more complex history.
I've been skeptical of this take Drew is referring to (not "knowing" it is considered racist) throughout this thread.
In part because I follow football (soccer) and there have been many controversies regarding Russia/anti-black racism/blackface in the recent past.
Most prominent was this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/sochi-parade-blackface-bananas-confederations-cup-cameroon
But it isn't really an outlier. There was a lot about this in the lead up to the last World Cup.
Clearly Russians know it offends a great many people, they just don't particularly care or care to live according to other people's values.
Note there have been a lot of really disgusting racist incidents in sport in Italy, England, etc.
I'm not saying it is worse in Russia (though it may be), but the "we aren't racist, we don't have your/US history" and especially "we didn't know it was racist and because we don't have your history it isn't" arguments really don't hold water.
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4 minutes ago, maps said:
I enjoy Brandt's instagram. I don't subscribe but do surf every few weeks. She's doing the Sunday mystery cast matinee with Ahn at the Kennedy Center and Forster is our Albrecht with Murphy on Sat eve. I love the casting and it's a marathon. https://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/BUBSE
oh wow! That is great!
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53 minutes ago, Fleurfairy said:
Not a fan of anyone of any profession tooting their own horn constantly. I know that's what social media if for to an extent, but Brandt goes above and beyond with the endless videos of her own dancing as well as reposts of everyone who comments or posts a story about her. I find it tacky. But I guess this is what gets you promoted at ABT, Home of Misty Copeland.
I think it is very unjustified to call sharing videos of her dancing as "tooting their own horn constantly."
She is a dancer. She posts videos of her dancing. She isn't advertising other things--she's showing a rare glimpse of her process and progress.
She's also a very good dancer, who I think richly deserves a promotion for her dancing...which is precisely what she's showing on social media. Her dancing.
I really don't understand the indignation about it on here. If one is a fan of dance (which I assume we all are) why the intense criticizing of a dancer for providing increased access to just that.
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4 hours ago, Leah said:
Right. We don't know the facts, so let's not judge. There will always be worse kinds of oppression than whatever any one of us may face in our lifetimes, it doesn't give others the right to treat us badly or us to order dancers to make themselves uncomfortable for our viewing pleasure.
we also have no idea whose choice it is not to dance with whom. It could be Cornejo who isn't comfortable dancing with her for personal reasons.
Let's keep in mind we have no idea if one of them treated the other badly or if this was a mutual decision.
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9 minutes ago, Inge said:
I do think that McKenzie could have pulled an exciting dancer from the corps for her R+J debut, but alas.Keep in mind she seems to like dancing with her partner for R&J
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28 minutes ago, abatt said:
Liaison being a refined manner of saying Mick's (most recent) baby mama.
The refined and accurate way of putting it would be the way the NY Times did: Mick's partner.
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1 minute ago, nanushka said:
Did Skylar dance two straight triple bills on Saturday? I know she danced all three works that evening, and she had a story up that suggested she may have done the same that afternoon. If so, that’s nuts! But she’s amazing.
Nope because she wasn't in Apollo to open the afternoon. She was in one of the 2 middle pieces (the Tippet) but I think that was it. Still a very full day!
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4 hours ago, fondoffouettes said:
I'm thrilled for Forster, and yes, I think it's possible he could be promoted. ABT has shown that it's willing to promote dancers to principals at relatively late stages of their careers. I think it's pretty clear by now that Hammoudi, Gorak, Scott and Zhurbin will almost certainly remain in the soloist rank for the remainder of their ABT careers. I'm afraid the same may be true of Hoven, based on how he's been cast in recent years, despite his often excellent dancing. Royal remains a "maybe" when it comes to principal potential, but I haven't been particularly impressed by him lately. That leaves Ahn, Bell and Forster as the ones with the most principal potential, at least to my mind.
Didn't he injure himself at the end of the previous Met season? I remember him being replaced in something. Not sure if that may be related or not. It's certainly true, as well, that he went from being given what seemed like endless chances to prove himself, to being barely cast at all.
I basically agree.
I think Hammoudi and Gorak were promoted with the thought they did have principal potential, but they haven't shown themselves up to it.
I feel Scott was promoted as more of a demi-character dancer like Salstein and never intended for principal.
Zhurbin does so many of the important character roles, I think he earned his promotion in recognition of that fact.
I also thought Hammoudi injured himself. He was at Saturday's matinee performance in the audience.
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2 minutes ago, cobweb said:
See the NYPL Performing Arts library website, where there is an "events" link. I think you can filter it by subject (such as dance), time of day (lots of them occur during the workday, which is another reason to look forward to retirement!). I recently sent the Performing Arts Library a donation, which probably is why I got a flyer with early notice of the presentations, however, you can easily find them online.
Thank you!
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23 hours ago, cobweb said:
I kind of like the pleated dresses. There was a fascinating presentation at the Performing Arts Library last night, on the history of Apollo including various productions and costumes. These dresses are very sedate compared to some of the old productions. Last night's presentation got me interested to see the ABT production (which otherwise I hadn't been planning to see), in order to see the prologue and apotheosis. Off topic from ABT, but at last night's presentation I was most impressed with the old footage of Ib Andersen's Apollo. So intensely human and musical. Really compelling.
Oh that sounds like a really interesting presentation! Do they have a mailing list or something? How does one find out about such things?
Regarding the dresses, I like them much more than NYCB's which appear to be plain white leotards with simple dance skirts. Nothing Greek about them at all.
That said neither look is offensive and I care much more about the dancing.
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2 hours ago, FauxPas said:
ABT actually has more Asian dancers and could cast Stella Abrera and Hee Seo in "Bugaku" (Hee is not ideal but she is Asian) and Joo Won Ahn as the partner - maybe Kimin Kim could guest. Plus there are two other Asian men and two girls in the corps de ballet and Zhong Jing Fang, a soloist. The piece requires a soloist couple and four corps couples - so five women and five men. Allegra Kent and Edward Villella are still around to coach it.
There are actually 4 ABT corps women who are Chinese.
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3 hours ago, DaniGirl said:
And the Wednesday show was outstanding. It was exciting to see the debut of Jovani Furlan (former principal with Miami City Ballet). Gretchen Smith had a last minute injury and Laine Habony had to step in for her as well. It was a great cast, big music, big movement.
His debut was Wednesday and it was fantastic. Looking forward to seeing him again and again!
who was the corps girl who wiped out so dramatically?
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3 hours ago, Fleurfairy said:
Ditto. Not a fan of self-promotion. Especially when she hasn't paid her dues in the company like many other dancers who have been there a lot longer and are quietly toiling away.
Hasn't paid her dues?
So we criticize the company for not promoting people fast enough, and then we criticize dancers for wanting more?
She joined the company in 2011 and was made a soloist in 2015. She's been dancing leading roles for several years now. I think she's paid her dues.
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1 hour ago, angelica said:
What is Of Love and Rage? I've never heard of it until now.
See Leah's post--it is the new Ratmansky full length, apparently
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9 minutes ago, abatt said:
Interesting op ed on Koch and his greatest legacy being global warming. I admire how the public in Britain have demanded that certain arts organizations stop taking dark money. The same fervor has not taken hold here in the U.S. Instead, we have the head of ABT mourning the loss of Koch.
There is a good article from March on the Sacklers and donations in particular, which broadly supports your point regarding Britain being ahead of us on this, although US organizations are also refusing contributions and others are considering doing so:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/arts/design/sackler-museums-donations-oxycontin.html
The Met has since decided (in May) to reject their donations as well:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/arts/design/met-museum-sackler-opioids.html
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1 hour ago, pherank said:
It's hard for me not to be reminded of all the negative aspects of the Koch brothers. Interesting that it is so often the wives that are the prime movers behind donations to arts and charities.
I'm sure you aren't the only one....
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7 minutes ago, stuben said:
Totally agree as McKenzie has lost so many through the years, I recall Hinkis and Votolini whom have both gone onto soloists elsewhere and am sure, as FauxPas says, given more chances than their time here. And let's not forget Matthews and Kajiya, and so many before whom we loved, and left under the direction of McKenzie! Feels like he has his flavors of the season. As in the current year of Waski, who just left to Boston Ballet, seems to be suggesting on her social media that she is getting ready for Myrtha 😊. I wish the best for her as my family and I have enjoyed her dancing all these years and see her potential if given the right opportunities.
I agree too about the age issue and waiting around for a decade, and happy those who don't see chances to move on vs sitting around hoping or praying! I know this must be a big draw since it is in NYC and when it was under Misha, but through the years I see the changes under McKenzie, plus back then there were only a handful of great companies around, but now things are different and there are more options, so I can't imagine sitting around waiting for a part of 10 years?! I can see the stamina and strength you need for the full-lengths, and there is a difference between a 20 to 30 year old IMHO.
Both Matthews and Kajiya were getting principal roles before they left. Him with some regularity, she more and more that final season.
Their decision to leave seems to have been based on the fact that there wasn't going to be space for both of them to be principals for some time at least, and that is understandably what they wanted. Also he was from Texas and was going home.
Waski was getting very good roles at ABT including Myrtha. She was then out for a year injured and was just back this year. She is also not a good example of him not giving people opportunities.
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6 hours ago, Mashinka said:
I agree, once he had been exposed, other women came forward with their complaints, up to and including rape. He was in line to be the next French president, that never happened, ironic that the two incumbents of the post since that incident have been useless, with the lowest approval rating in history. Macron currently has a mere twenty per cent last time I looked, though his mishandling of the yellow vest protesters may have driven him down further.
His popularity hit a low of 23% during the protests.
It is now (or was in July) up to 32%. So better certainly, but hardly a ringing endorsement.
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On 8/18/2019 at 11:04 PM, nanushka said:
His casting has been more irregular in the past few years, I think, than in the few years before that. I’m not particularly surprised he doesn’t show up in the limited casting that’s listed on the calendar. The work with the longest list, The Seasons, is one that I don’t think he danced at the Met this spring. I wouldn’t read anything more into his absence from the lists than that his opportunities for advancement have indeed largely passed.
I agree but I do think he did have an injury in the spring. If I recall he had been cast for some Purple Rothbarts and had to pull out?
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34 minutes ago, Mashinka said:
No, it isn't, sexual harassment of women is universal. Adult women cope with it. The worst type is by strangers, incidents in the workplace you cope with and if there's no redress you leave. In that respect being an opera singer is no different to being an office cleaner, sort out the problem or go.
You are describing illegal activity and saying that women should shut up and deal with it or leave.
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24 minutes ago, FPF said:
It looks like they did finally send out an email about the cancellation late yesterday morning, along with a plea for donations.
THANK YOU for supporting the New York City Ballet at SPAC!
Dear Friend,
Tonight will be the glorious close of one of our most exciting New York City Ballet residencies in recent memory.
As you know, yesterday we took the very difficult, but important, decision to cancel today’s matinee due to the extreme heat conditions and concern for the health of artists and patrons.
As the matinee was one of our most heavily-sold performances, the negative financial impact on this year’s residency will be considerable.
Would you please consider donating your matinee tickets – or making a direct contribution to “HEAT FUND” – to help us offset the loss on today’s performance?
Here’s how you can help:So they don't email people until the last second--and when they do it is to beg for money.
That is ridiculously tacky.
Spring 2020 New York Season
in American Ballet Theatre
Posted · Edited by aurora
Classy (NOT). She's a principal. She should not punch down at a soloist.
And citing Hope Hicks on hard work! 🤮