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If I remember correctly, Some Assembly is a pas. It looks like they needed a pas de deux to pair up with the Lang ballet, which is apparently also a pas de deux. The Bruch is a full scale work with a large cast. I love the Bruch, and the last time we saw it in New York, I believe, was when Angel Corella brought his company over from Spain to City Center. It's been a while.

These are house seats that are being released.

Yes, she would be perfectly cast. Didn't Lane do T&V at ABT?

I think McKenzie would give Copeland Terpsichore.

Why is Cornejo having his 20 year celebration during the fall season. Everyone else has had celebrations at the Met during the Spring season.

Per Misty's public instagram, she was allegedly dancing with the flu last night.

The imbalance of the principal roster is striking. There are 7 women listed, but only 4 men (one of whom has not actually danced in two years).

Lendorf is listed. I hope he makes it back, but who knows. No Hallberg. He would be the one person I would be most interested in seeing perform Apollo.

I also hope Lane finally gets the Juliet performance she deserved and has earned.

All of the SL's are sell outs or near sell outs, so I'm not buying into the idea that McKenzie needs to give Misty multiple Swan Lakes to boost ticket sales. Yes, that theory works for lesser titles that the public is unfamiliar with, but SL tickets sells very well regardless of casting.

Lane could have danced with SL Simkin, as she did in her debut SL two years ago. All kinds of casting choices were possible, but instead McKenzie decided that Hee Seo and Misty both had to have two SL shows. In summary, the two weakest technicians in the company are each given two performances of one of the most difficult roles in the classical rep. That's what I call brilliant planning. I'm not convinced that these developments are due to an injury. It is equally likely that general deterioration due to age is the cause of Misty's limitations. I would love to know if Misty herself decided to withdraw from Act III, or if McKenzie determined that she was unfit to dance Act III.

Agree one hundred percent. Lane is not Misty's back-up dancer. Lane has earned the right to be cast in her own SL. If you can't do the steps, you shouldn't be assigned the role. It's very simple.

I was referring to Sat evening, when Copeland is scheduled to dance with Hallberg.

I would have loved to see that. So pissed I didn't look at ballet alert this evening until now. Do we think Sarah will be filling in again on Sat evening? If so, I will move heaven and earth to get a ticket for Sat evening. Was the info on the cast change posted anywhere in advance of the show, because the ABT calendar only lists Copeland for tonight. SL was MIsty's only difficult classical role of the season. The Tharp Brahms work is a large ensemble piece, so Misty's role was relatively short. Jane Eyre and Manon are not heavy duty classical roles, and her role in Deuce Coupe was not classical. Based on this development, the "scheduling conflict" excuse for her withdrawal from Ratmansky's Whipped Cream is looking even more flimsy.

As others mentioned with regard to the Bolle Seo performance, it was a fine performance, but certainly not a Manon for the ages. Seo is an attractive dancer with lovely qualities, but blandness creeps into her performances. Bolle, however, has keen dramatic abilities and stage charisma. Even though he is diminished technically, I felt that he gave an excellent performance. James Whiteside and Stella Abrera were vivid and did nearly steal the show last night. It was wonderful to have Bolle on the Met Opera stage for so many years, even if he only gave a few performances per season. He was a world class artist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/arts/dance/catherine-hurlin-american-ballet-theater.html Great article about Hurlin.

According to Hallberg's website, he is scheduled to do Manon at ROH in the fall with Osipova.

Any reports on the Hallberg - Boylston Manon?

There are a lot of roles that are now out of Abrera's reach technically, but it is criminal that McKenzie did not give her Manon.

Did anyone see last night's performance? Reports?

Hallberg never adds performances at ABT these days. He only subtracts.

I thought Trenary's debut last night was strong, except that in her series of diagonal spins in the first act she had some difficulty. Her performance in the third act was more secure. I agree that she seems to lack authority, but perhaps that will improve over time. Shevchenko, however, seems to get stronger and dances with more authority with every additional performance. She was excellent as Medora.

I never really focused on Bell before in a solo role. I missed his debut last season as Romeo. He was very impressive as Lankendem in his debut last night. The difference between Bell's performance and Hoven's performance on Tuesday in the same role was stark. I thought Hoven on Tuesday gave an adequate, able performance. Bell, however, had some soaring jumps, landed the signature Lankadem jumps with deeply bent knees, and did a very fine job partnering. My only criticism was that his spins seemed a little slow. Clearly he has great potential as a lead dancer.

Oh no. So disappointed. He always gives his audience everything he has in his arsenal, and he is one of the few bright lights at ABT among the male principal dancers. Apart from potentially having to reassign his secondary role in Manon, what happens to his SL with Boylston. The ONLY reason I was willing to make a return visit to Boylston's SL was to see Simkin. By the way I agree with everyone above who said his Ali on Tuesday was magnificent.

Actually, I think SL is a ballet that sells very well regardless of who is cast. They need Copeland to sell the lesser titles, like Harlequinade and Jane Eyre.