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Nina(o) Ananiashvilli was always the queen of the super fast singles (this video is actually slower than I remember her tearing into them).

They don't think anyone cares about ballet reviews any more

Agreed. You might think Stearns would, but I guess the fact that they (Teuscher and Stearns) are both emotionally reserved dancers cancels out the fact that they are actually a couple.

That is a pairing that would get me back to Manon in a heartbeat (I really dislike the ballet but that would be amazing)!

That is NOT how I would ever have described that scene.... It is a rape scene

I think, given the needs of the company, and their respective range, plus Shayer's long injury period, that not only Bell but also Ahn, are likely to be promoted before him. Both certainly deserve soloist status (as, I believe, does Shayer)

Additionally, these were role debuts for both Trenary as Gulnare and Bell as Lankendem, which you'd never have known from seeing them. I only know because they noted the fact on Instagram.

Thanks for the report! Skylar did debut Medora in 2017 at the Met with almost no notice. It was a remarkable debut, and I'm looking forward to seeing her dance it again on Saturday!

At the talk last week, he seemed confident he would be performing in Manon and was very excited about the debut. I'd surmise that he possibly could have done Corsaire but ultimately (regretfully) withdrew from that in order to not risk jeopardizing a debut that is clearly very important to him.

I think you are mistaken. Both MarzipanShepherdess and I saw the Whiteside/Teuscher cast and liked it, as you can see above, where she wrote an extensive review.

Thanks for writing this up! I really enjoyed it as did everyone I was with--ranging from experienced ballet goers to relative neophytes. I agree with basically everything you said, and would like to second just how enthusiastic the crowd response was. Comments I overheard were also very positive. Going into it expecting it to be modern/ballet vs. Ballet was helpful I think. I too would be happy for it to stick around.

Personally I don't much like the ballet so I haven't gone in years. But in terms of style it is similar to Romeo & Juliet (just not as good in terms of plot and with more "adult" content)

Update from Cornejo. Let's keep our fingers crossed for him!

Many of whom were exceptional/extraordinary talents no matter where they trained. In the case of at least some of them, this was at places with no better reputation than ABT's school as ABT Fan noted above.

If it produces talented dancers like Cassandra Trenary, Skylar Brandt and Catherine Hurlin (among many other standouts), I don't have a problem with it.

I agree with ABT Fan and Nanushka. Additionally he has done the Prince in Cinderella if I remember correctly. His lack of progress seems largely due to not taking those opportunities when they were presented. That said, he was eye catching as prince cocoa in Whipped Cream--dancing with more authority and vigor than I have seen him have in that role in the past. Hopefully this bodes well for his future. He is not the only person to stagnate for some time at soloist level before getting their act together. Jared Matthews had a similar falling off for several years after he made soloist, but then looked for his last season or so a sure thing for promotion before decamping to Houston. This was due not, I think, to his own lack of opportunities at ABT but the fact that he and his long term partner Yuriko Kajiya wanted to be somewhere where both were principals.

I agree he was excellent! I'd never seen him do much before except Neapolitan in SL. FYI his name is Jonathan Klein.

I like Forster very much but I didn't think he looked as comfortable in The Seasons as did Whiteside in the alternate cast. That said, he was fantastic as Sergei in on the Dneiper in the cast you didn't get to see. I thought far superior to Stearns in the role.

My feeling as well.

No. It would be an idiotic ploy because now you have a bunch of angry people who are less likely to buy tickets in the future.

I basically would echo everything you said with only minor differences! I had seen On the Dneiper before but that was 10 years ago, and while Hee Seo didn't have the emoting power of Veronika Part (who originated that role) I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact I enjoyed it all so much, and wanted so much to see The Seasons again, that I bought a ticket for the other cast at today's matinee!!

As someone who himself was accused of inappropriate behavior (by his account absolutely wrongly so) Macaulay might be said to bring his own history into account when thinking of this scandal.

A really interesting interactive about the fire in the New York Times.

Same--I am interested in that and in the Ratmansky, and the tickets were reasonable enough that those 2 are enough to make it worthwhile to me.

Thanks for sharing that. It really is a very thoughtful piece. Well worth taking the time to read. And yes Misty is there at the very end, as the popularity she enjoys goes straight to his major point of the power and importance of representation in the arts.