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I have access to the casting the company puts out to the dancers and Alston is cast as "Friends" in R & J in all casts except 2/16, 2/17E, 2/18 ~ I don't know how to attach it

Casting week 4

Lexi Maxwell just posted on FB that Amar came through surgery well and sends a "one armed hug to all". She added a photo of Amar in a sling and his big smile

Week six has been posted

Jessy Hendrickson and Adam Hendrickson and sister Emmy was an apprentice, I believe.

IMG_2461.PNG I am technologically challenged. Was trying to repost Adrian DW's Instagram post from this morning. We don't give these dancers enough credit in my opinion.

Tickets and information: http://www.broadwayworld.com/louisville/article/Dance-and-Broadway-Legend-Ruth-Page-to-be-Honored-at-St-Lukes-323-20150227

I am not sure if this is the proper place to make such a post, but I hope so. A new book called Pyotr Ilyich, written by Adin Dalton is available for free download this Friday mroning- Saturday, midnight on Amazon. It comes highly recommended by my friend and balletomane, and I quote, "fabulous, steamy, intriguing, intelligent story about characters that have been part of our artistic life for many years but now, through my friend’s book, these characters come to life in a most excitingly vivid manner. Though the book is fiction, 90% is based on well researched researched facts. I read the first edit as he was writing it and I could not put it down!!! It is truly fascinating and fun, but also very insightful." Here is the website for the book: http://www.pyotrilyich.com/ Author's Note My lifelong love of Tchaikovsky’s music caused me trepidation as I embarked on this novel. I wondered how I would have the courage to write dialog for someone so esteemed in my mind. His death was an issue too, such a mystery to this day. How could I correlate all the recorded events about it while still considering the years and years of constant, unchanged rumor? Indeed, the most compelling clues about the composer’s untimely end came from the death bed confession of a supposed eyewitness to the illegal hearing. It was this, more than anything else, which led me to a conclusion that has never before been considered. My initial research into Tchaikovsky’s life turned up a multitude of convoluted and often contradictory “facts.” As I sifted through large amounts of information, I found odd items everywhere. One statement claimed Pyotr Ilyich was mentally disturbed and could only speak to others through his brother Modeste who was seemingly always by his side. I also read a notation about how Modeste Ilyich was a nurse at a hospital and it was there he became lovers with a handicapped boy. Bizarre. What was clear was that something emotionally devastating befell the composer just before he began composing his Eugene Onegin. He began to seriously consider marriage as his only option for gaining respectability in regard to his homosexual tendencies. Furthermore, it was equally clear that something extraordinarily profound had occurred during his visit to Florence in the fall of 1878, especially as it regards his belief system. He arrived there believing in fate alone, but then journeyed on to France inspired to write a Christian opera about Joan d’Arc. It was for these reasons that I invented characters Stefan Koslov and Matteo Bracci. To me they represent unknown persons who contributed to the composer’s particular state of mind during these specific periods. As my research continued I eventually uncovered what I was looking for: comprehensive information translated after the fall of the Soviet Union. Much of Tchaikovsky’s life was hidden from view by that government, especially anything shedding light on the nature of his homosexuality. And when I finally came upon his own diary entries and personal correspondences I was ecstatic. These private, intimate writings truly brought Tchaikovsky to life in my mind. Including some ballet history in my story was important to me. Though deliciously romantic and highly intriguing, it is completely unknown to most of today's public. I hope that my work will enable some of it to enter the mainstream consciousness where it truly deserves to be. As for Tchaikovsky’s role in this, all of the ballet compositions mentioned herein are accurate as to the time of their creation, with the Julian calendar being used specifically when the work was being done in Russia. Adin Dalton holds a degree in Ballet History and Criticism from the University of California, Irvine and had the great fortune to be tutored there by renowned choreographer Antony Tudor and historian Olga Maynard. Adin now resides in New York City. Acknowledgements My eternal thanks for the endless support and wisdom of Dean Dalton and Alán Duke. I must also acknowledge the generous assistance of Maria Montas, Pamela Kilstein, Laurie Nattboy, Eduard Samardin, and Susan Skrocki.

Principal dancer Jennie Somogyi talks to Time Out New Yorkabout returning to the stage after tearing her Achilles tendon more than one year ago. http://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/jennie-somogyi-talks-about-her-return-to-new-york-city-ballet

Here is a clip of Finlay dancing the Gomes piece - Tour les Jours. This was the debut at the Mariinsky Festival Gala. However, Finlay wore blue tights at the YGAP Gala The term for Lil Buck's dancing is 'Jookin'

New York City Ballet has posted on Facebook that John Stafford and Brittany Pollack were also engaged while in Copenhagen. Wow! That was quite a tour! So happy for John and Brittany...Congratulations!

Robbie Fairchild just posted to Facebook that he has proposed to Tiler Peck! Congratulations to both!!!

Yes, Adrian Danchig-Aring. Clay is his middle name and the name he goes by on FB ~ So happy for each and every one of them!!!!

Ashley Bouder just posted on Facebook: "Lots of promotions at NYCB! Gina Pazcoguin, Ashley Laracey, Lauren King, Lauren Lovette, Megan LeCrone, Brittany Pollack,Justin Peck, and Taylor Stanley to soloist. Adrian Clay, Ask La Cour Rasmussen, and Chase Finlay to principal! WOW, what a list!!!! Congratualtions to all!"

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/arts/dance/benjamin-millepied-to-be-paris-opera-ballet-director.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

If the SAB newsletter is correct, that indeed in Claire Von Enck.

Michael, I just received the SAB newsletter today, and it lists the apprentices taken in at workshop In June as: Ashley Hod, Harrison Coll, Indiana Woodword, Sebastian Villarini-Velez, Olivia Boisson, Silas Farley, Austin Bachman, Claire Von Enck, Ghaleb Kayali and Olivia MacKinnon. It also notes that as of printing of this newsletter, Olivia Boisson and Indiana Woodward have signed their Corps Contracts and Unity Phelan and Alexa Maxwell have been taken on as new apprentices. Hope that helps!

~ and Sam Greenburg

It does look great! Other missing names are: Callie Bachman, Stephanie Chrosniak, Vincent Paradiso, Shoshana Rosenfield, Stephanie Zungre. The apprentices are now listed. That's so nice. No new promotions....that leaves 2 female soloists Noticed there are videos attached to some of the dancers when you click on their names.

Just received the First Look 2012-2013 Season Brochure. The brochure includes the third and final installment of the portrait campain of the Soloist and Corps de Ballet Company members photos by Henry Leutwyler, as well as the planned repertory for all three seasons. Here is what is coming: Fall 2012: Sept. 18- Oct. 14 Agon Apollo Danses Concertantes Divertimento from "Le Baiser De La Fee Duo Concertant Firebird Monumentum Pro Gesualdo Movements for Piano and Orchestra Orpheus Scherzo a la Ruse (SAB) Stravinsky Violin Concerto Symphony in Three Movements After the Rain Pas de Deux Andantino The Cage Les Carillons Hallelujah Junction Moves Rubies Symphony in C Two Hearts and a new Justin Peck/Stevens piece Winter 2013: Jan 15- Feb. 24 Allegro Brillante Diamonds Divert from Le Braiser de la Fee Mozartiana New Martins/Tschaikovsky Serenade The Sleeping Beauty Swan Lake (Act II) Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 Concerto DSCH Glass Pieces Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux) New Peck/Stevens New Martins/Dalbaive N.Y. Export Jazz Piano Trio Symphony in C Symphony in Three Movements Vienna Waltzes Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir The Waltz Project Western Symphony West Side Story Suite Who Cares? Allegro Brillante Andantino The Cage Concerto DSCH Firebird A Fool for You New Justin Peck/Glass Red Angles Serenade Sonatas and Interludes Stravinsky Violin Concerto Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 Spring 2012: April 30-June 9 Barber Violin Concerto Calcium Light Night Carousel (A Dance) Fancy Free Fearful Symmetries Glass Pieces Hallelujah Junction I'm Old Fashioned The Infernal Machine Interplay Ivesiana New Wheeldon N.Y. Export Jazz Purple River of Light Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Sophisticated Lady (Revival) Stars and Stripes Tarantella Thou Swell Two Hearts Western Symphony West Side Story Suite Who Cares? Allegro Brillante Andantino The Cage Concerto DSCH Firebird A Fool for You New Peck/Glass Red Angles Serenade Sonatas and Interludes Stravinsky Violin Concerto Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 - The Fall Gala is Sept. 20th: TBA - There is a Chief's Choice evening on September 22 which is new this season. It is an evening of selected masterworks and audience favorites by Peter Martins: Scherzo a la Russe (SAB), Divert from Le Baiser de la Fee, Danses Concertants, and Firebird - October 4th is a Specially Priced Performance - all seats $29: Duo Concertant, After the Rain (Pas), Moves, Hallelujah Junction - February 1 is another Specially Priced Performance - all seats $29: Piano Trio, Herman Schmerman (pas), Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir, The Waltz Project - February 9th is another Chief's Choice: Western Symphony, Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony in C - The Spring Gala is May 9th: New Wheeldon and Glass Pieces - May 25th is a Chief's Choice: Fancy Free, Carousel (A Dance), West Side Story Suite - May 29th is another Specially Priced Performance - all seats $29: Red Angles, Sonatas and Interludes, New Peck/Glass (NYC Premiere), A Fool For You Again, the Orchestra E, Third Ring, and Fourth Ring are not currently available for new subscription sales, nor may current subscriptions be upgraded into these areas. Hope this helps ~

I have a PDF copy if anyone is interested, but not sure how to attach it here.....technologically challenged, I'm afraid. Can someone talk me through it?

Here's another~ http://saratogian.com/articles/2012/02/12/entertainment/doc4f36b0df18b36977410804.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Here is a wonderful clip of Justin Peck describing his choreographic experience and the NYCB dancers working on the piece for the Nantucket Debut. I was there for the performance, and other than the theater and stage not having air conditioning (poor dancers!) during last week's heat wave, it was wonderful. Congratulations to all! http://www.plumtv.com/videos/7-for-seven/

I was at that performance and the fall MRR referred to was not the choreographed one. Janie fell center stage on her bottom, but quickly recovered and carried on. Happens to the best of them!

Natalia, start dreaming and planning! Kammermusik No. 2 goes in Spring 2012 May 1,2,3,5(8pm). That's the only one that made the list. Hope that helps