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Peg

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  1. And here’s the link to Amanpour’s interview with Ratmansky this week. It contains a clip of Solitude. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2024/02/21/alexei-ratmansky-amanpour-solitude-ballet.cnn
  2. The NYCB podcast on Liebeslieder is up and it’s excellent. Silas Farley is, as always, a well-informed host who asks great questions, and he interviews Calegari and Cook. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/city-ballet-the-podcast/id1479330738?i=1000643354021
  3. I ordered and paid for the PDF only evening before last. I was charged, and received an email acknowledgment of my order, but nothing more. I wrote to Eakins Press by email inquiring about when I would receive the PDF and have not received a response. Any similar experiences?
  4. Yes, it was the same film, and I loved it!
  5. I suspect that PC2 has been moved at Tiler Peck’s request. She’s been flying back and forth to snd from California to be with her ailing father. Yesterday on Instagram she reported that he had had a setback. I’ve been worried that she wouldn’t dance today and will be grateful to see her in the role.
  6. Not sure where to raise this question about SAB but am posting here. Did anyone else see Devin Alberda’s post on X/Twitter yesterday? I’m wondering if anyone knows who at SAB he is referring to. https://x.com/dalberda/status/1697663047974740453?s=61&t=MKfOKFa8DN0lCKuLHShGNA in case the link doesn’t work, his text was : “Maybe firing one of Balanchine’s chosen teachers from the School of American Ballet isn’t the best way to kick off celebrating the 75th anniversary of New York City Ballet.”
  7. I think Mira is fine. She went to classes last week and has been rehearsing for Vail. Not sure why she was t in Saratoga I thought yesterday’s SPAC performances were stellar. Sara Mearns brings all her genius and emotion to Swan Lake. Jovani, Joseph Gordon and Daniel Ulbricht were great sailors, and I love seeing Indiana’s flirtatiousness inFancy Free. I won’t comment on Firebird as I just can’t warm to it or to LaFreniere in the role. Last night’s performance—the closing night of NYCB’s week at SPAC—of Copland Dance Episodes was beautiful. Miriam Miller and Russell Jantzen were gorgeous together. You could feel the emotion, as per her Instagram it was their final performance together before his retirement. Mejia dazzled, as he always does. Chun Wai Chan and Alexa Maxwell were also top form. I’m not sure this is a work that will endure for the ages but I love seeing the Company dance it. Justin Peck brings out some beautiful qualities in these dancers. And it’s thrilling to hear the music. Yesterday’s matinee seemed close to sold out. This crowd loves story ballets, especially Swan Lake. Sadly, lots of empty seats last night. Begore the performance, Jon Stafford announced that znYCB’s SPAC engagement in 2024 will be July 9-13.
  8. Maria Kowroski was a fantastic Carabosse last night. I'm not sure if Bradley and V-V are injured or ill. A few of the dancers wore masks through last night’s rehearsal. V-V was excellent this season. But his absence last night gave us Mejia as a Jester—he went for broke and was thrilling. Re Georgina: she danced in Ratmansky’s Voices last weekend. It was one the the best performances of hers I’ve ever seen.
  9. I agree 100%, Cobweb. Loved seeing these dancers in this sumptuous work. Joseph Gordon is the epitome of a prince. And Mira—what a star! they all worked so hard— I feel for them having to dance it again, for a full house, tomorrow night.
  10. Great chart, pirouette!! Thank you. What do the blue and yellow shadings represent (or did I miss that in an earlier post?
  11. I don’t think that’s Miriam Miller, although there’s a strong resemblance. The male is Gilbert Bolden
  12. These reasons may be off-base, but 1) Ball is engaged to Zac Posen, a big supporter who provided gowns and men’s eveningwear for many company members for the fall Gaga, and 2) Uhlbricht is dancing with Twyla Tharp this coming week so likely busy with rehearsals there.
  13. I previously exchanged one of my tickets in order to see Sterling and Robbie in Vienna Waltzes on Oct. 13, her last repertory performance. the NYCB podcasts have been very good. The most recent episode, moderated by Jared Angle, focuses on Vienna Waltzes. He talks with Rebecca Krohn and then Sterling—fascinating discussion of her history with the ballet. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/city-ballet-the-podcast/id1479330738?i=1000581371883
  14. Marzipan Shepherdess, I was there yesterday afternoon too and agree with your assessments almost 100%. Thank you for your eloquence. I loved the Abraham work too—how it gave opportunities to so many dancers to shine! Tiler Peck was astounding. And wasn’t Villarini-Velez great? Not just in Abraham’s work but in Symphony in C. I was equally moved by Mearns. She brought us into her beautiful world. And Fairchild/Gordon—wow. I’d like to see the Reisen work again although I agree that some dancers weren’t given enough to do. Loved Woodward and Coll though. I learned from one of the employees in the Costume Shop that there were 500,000 Swarovski crystals (donated by the company to NYCB) sewn individually by hand onto those costumes! I loved seeing a packed house and such a diverse audience. I was in the orchestra, sat next to a very young man who had driven in from Toronto to see the performance, to hear Solange Knowles’s new music. He had never been to the ballet before, soaked it all in, engaged me in conversation (he said he noticed my body language during Sym in C), asked tons of questions and was bowled over by the quality of the dancers and the diversity of the choreography. NYCB is smart to do new work that will engage new audiences.
  15. I was there tonight as well. Agree that Divertimento No. 15 is great, and tonight’s cast was really good. Hyltin and Stanley struck just the right notes in La Sonnambula. I was sad to think I’ll never see Sterling dance this role again—she is impossibly ethereal/romantic/mysterious/tragic in it, in the Allegra Kent tradition. I’ve been reading the comments about Bouder but was jolted and felt sad when I saw her on stage tonight. Jovani Furlan is very good here but he and Bouder looked to be from two different planets. Emma von Enck, on the other hand, was fantastic as the opening highland girl. You just wanted her to return to the stage and bring us back to that happy place.
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