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abatt

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  1. Per the lobby casting sheet Sanz is replaced in all assignments this week. Corti is the Levin award winner per program.

    Going to be a long night. In addition to the Levin award presentation it is a see the music lecture night

  2. Definitely.  Miller is not favored under current management.  Notably Peter Martins selected her for the lead in Barber Violin Concerto, which is in my opinion a good role for her.  Miller is rarely selected as the lead for important Balanchine ballets, or  for Robbins ballets.  

  3. This was one area where I admired what Martins did.  There was more fluidity in assigning roles to promising young dancers under his tenure than under the current admin.  The current leaders seem to value seniority as the guiding factor in casting to a greater extent than Martins.   

    Would today's admin allow a teenage ballerina to debut the leads in Agon, Prodigal Son and Titania the way that Martins allowed Miriam Miller to do under his tenure?  I doubt it.

     

  4. Thanks.  I could not make out who that was sitting and watching.  

    Six performances of Ballo.  We now know that Megan will be cast, and probably Tiler Peck.  Hopefully Emma VE will also get a chance as third cast.  However, I could also see Woodward getting a chance at this role. 

     

     

  5. 1 hour ago, matilda said:

    I hope this means the full Coppélia will be performed in fall for the 50th anniversary? So strange it hasn't been performed since 2018. They had already altered the caricaturish dolls in Act II so that can't be the reason. 

    Me too.  Emma V.E. and Mejia as the leads, please. 

    I would love to see Jewels again this summer.   

    The SPAC engagement conflicts with ABT, but since ABT is doing R&J for the third consecutive year, I'm inclined to potentially make my first trip to SPAC.   The major drawback is I don't do well in  sweltering heat.  

  6. (New York, New York—January 18, 2024) -- The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) welcomes the return of one of the century's most iconic and acclaimed artists, the trailblazing Twyla Tharp. Presenting a program of two world premieres and one classic work, her sensational company of dancers, Twyla Tharp Dance, will play The Joyce Theater from February 13-25. Tickets, ranging in price from $12-$82 (including fees), can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

    With her signature wit, technical precision, and joyful ease, Twyla Tharp continues to expand her artistic range in her seventh decade of dance as her eponymous company returns to the legendary Joyce Theater. The boundary-breaking dancemaker will put her celebrated creative vision on full display with a pair of world premieres. The remarkable artists of her company, Twyla Tharp Dance, will also take on a classic work from the choreographer's extensive repertoire, once again proving that the artistry of this world-renowned master of movement knows no bounds. The world premieres include Brel, a solo set to music by Jacques Brel and performed on alternating performances by Herman Cornejo and Daniel Ulbricht, and The Ballet Master, set to music by Simeon ten Holt and Vivaldi and performed by Miriam Gittens, Daisy Jacobson, John Selya, Reed Tankersley, Jake Tribus, Cassandra Trenary, and Daniel Ulbricht. The new works will be complimented by Ocean's Motion (1975), set to music by Chuck Berry and performed by Miriam Gittens, Daisy Jacobson, Skye Mattox, Reed Tankersley, and Jake Tribus.

    Visit the Joyce website for information regarding the dates that Cornejo is performing the Brel solo. 


     

  7. City Center would have no incentive to even attempt to move Ailey out of its decades-old December performance slot.  Ailey is the only company that remained loyal to City Center and never left for greener pastures.  In contrast, ABT bolted for the Koch for the fall season and never looked back once the Koch became available.  Ailey will always be the sole December tenant at City Center.

    For Nutcracker, people want spectacle.  That's what the NYCB version offers that the ABT version can never offer at the same level.  Further, while ABT used to have a stable of great dancers, which may have served as motivation for balletomanes to venture out to BAM, they no longer have a strong roster.  

  8. The thing about the Murphy Bell performance is that Other Dances was created on and will forever be associated with Makarova and Baryshnikov, who both had significant relationships with ABT.  So on some level it makes sense that they would have 2 ABT dancers perform this work at NYCB.  Actually, I'm excited to see Bell in this work.   However, I think the age difference here  between Murphy and Bell is not ideal. 

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