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Another thing that I strongly objected to in her video was that she mentions that her partner told her that management's treatment of her was unfair. I believe the intent was that such comments were made in confidence. I'm sure Lopez and others in the company know to whom she is referring. Even though she did not specifically name the person, there was no reason for her to potentially make his life at MCB difficult for taking sides with Morgan against Lopez. Also, she mentions not being "thanked" for coming to a demonstration. I don't know about you, but it's rare that I get thanked for doing my job. That's what I'm getting paid to do.

https://nypost.com/2020/10/09/broadway-to-remain-closed-through-summer-2021/ All Broadway shows will remain dark through May 30,2021. This does not bode well for the prospect of any Spring Season for NYCB and ABT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/arts/dance/nyc-ballet-alexandra-waterbury.html?searchResultPosition=5 I have attached the original article from the NY Times when this debacle began. It mentions that Waterbury's counsel initially went to NYCB to demand a settlement from NYCB before filing the lawsuit in order to help NYCB avoid bad publicity. NYCB rejected the demand, and the lawsuit was then filed. This was a classic shakedown attempt. Money was always the motive. If Waterbury were really interested in exposing a culture of bad behavior at the company, she would not have first gone to the company to offer to keep NYCB out of the lawsuit in exchange for a payday. Any moderately good lawyer could see that the claims against NYCB and SAB had a snowball's chance in hell of surviving, so the company didn't take the bait. Without NYCB in the lawsuit, there was little likelihood that the media would have paid much attention to this lawsuit. It was the fact that she sued a venerable cultural institution (with baseless allegations that have now been tossed out of court) that garnered the media attention. This was a brazen blackmail attempt, pure and simple.

I think her lawyer must have known there was no chance of success against SAB or NYCB, but decided that getting the opportunity to be on television and in the press was worth it. I remember seeing the attorney on television with Waterbury at least once. Do you remember how so many television stations and print news outlets regularly broadcast the news of Waterbury's lawsuit, the news of her relentless protests outside of the musical West Side Story, and interviews with Waterbury? I've heard nothing about this decision tossing her case out on any television news program. It's time for NYCB and SAB to regain their reputations. They should be sending out press releases about this decision. This decision deserves the same level of media attention as Waterbury's discredited, frivolous lawsuit. Granted, with the election coming up and Covid, there is a lot of important news to cover.

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=fYNcPxH49CK0CbTNsYqAFA== Here is the decision.

Well, justice was certainly delayed, but it was not ultimately denied. The Court has dismissed with prejudice NYCB, SAB, Ramasar, Catazaro and Longhitano from Alexandra Waterbury's lawsuit. Finlay is the only remaining defendant, and there is only one remaining claim against him. Most of the claims against Finlay have been dismissed. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-lawsuit.html

The Met paid approximatley $2.6 million of the settlement, and its insurers paid the rest -about $900K, -according to the article.

I think NYCB should follow ABT's lead and promote some dancers, despite the pandemic. There are many soloists who are deserving of elevation, and also a few in the corps who deserve to be soloists.

I keep a mental list of the most astonishing Broadway performances I have seen. Her Medea in the late 90s was astonishing.

Sarah's husband Luis Ribagorda is still listed on the roster.

I was able to log into my NYCB account and see my subscription dates for Spring 2021. May 23, 2021 at 3PM is listed as Maria Kowroski's Farewell. I hope we can all return to the theater to give her a proper farewell.

https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/peter-martins-obituary-new-york-city-ballet-pennsylvania-20200814.html

thanks for posting the Oropesa clip. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do an encore of that aria.

Mariinsky was supposed to return for its annual KC visit, but I guess they were scheduled for Fall and couldn't arrange to reschedule for the Spring.

NY Philharmonic has canceled all performances through Jan 5, 2021.

For those who were disappointed by Lincoln Center suddenly, indefinitely postponing various dance week offerings, they have done the same with their theater offering. The stream of Carousel that was supposed to be begin tonight was yanked, to be presented at some unspecified future time.

If New York City ballet was trying to do a good deed in seeking to redirect people to offerings by Alvin Ailey and DTH, as suggested by some of the above posts, this would be the height of arrogance on their part. It assumes that these companies need NYCB's help in order to attract people to online streams offered by these companies. Alvin Ailey has a huge following all over the world, and they sure don't need NYCB's help. It also assumes that if people have limited time to watch a free stream, they would automatically pick NYCB, so NYCB must step aside in order to avoid competing for viewer attention with Ailey or DTH.

Not really sure why a stream on Monday would be impacted by Blackout Tuesday.

Met Opera has cancelled all shows in the fall. The plan is to reopen on Dec 31 with a gala.

I think the stars they had during the late 90s/early 2000s were equal in quality to the stars on 42 years ago (Ananiashvilli, Ferri, Corella, Carreno to name just a few). It is only in recent years that standards and quality have taken such a downturn.

Yes, that was her final performance. Mr. Abatt wanted to go, but I voted no because we would be seeing it at the Met in the spring so it didn't pay to spend the money to go to DC. Obviously, that decision backfired.

I read the interview the same way as ABT Fan - that Abrera does not intend to return for a farewell after the pandemic. Hopefully McKenzie will convince her to do a farewell once ABT can resume performances. I guess we will know in the fall, when they update the roster of dancers. What a shame.

I'm very excited about this SAB workshop stream on June 1. This apparently will include Mira Nadon's acclaimed performance as the lead in Scotch Symphony. Every critic review I read raved about it. Thank you SAB.