volcanohunter Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 A last minute cast change put Taylor Stanley into Hallelujah Junction this eve. Before stepping on stage, he was promoted to Principal. https://twitter.com/nycballet/status/732751252283592704 Congratulations Taylor. #TaylorStanley #PrincipalDancer https://twitter.com/nycballet/status/732751418558406656 Link to comment
abatt Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 He did double duty this evening. Congratulations to him!! Link to comment
canbelto Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Congrats! But what did he dance tonight? Link to comment
cobweb Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Totally deserved and evident this was coming from the first time I saw him, in the Spanish dance of Swan Lake. He has talent baked into his body. Link to comment
susanger Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Tuesday night he replaced Gonzalo Garcia in Hallelujah Junction and then danced the Allegro (first) movement of Western Symphony. Bravo, Taylor! Link to comment
atm711 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Bravo! He was great last night in Hallelulia Junc (ugh!!) and WS. I have been drawn to his talent early on because he eerily looks like Hugh Laing...I think of him as Hugh Laing with technique. I would love to see him in a Tudor repertoire---really ANY of Hugh Laing roles. Link to comment
Kaysta Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Congrats to Taylor. I didn't realize he wasn't a principal already. Link to comment
abatt Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Sometimes the promotions at NYCB come in bunches, so it must be extra special to Stanley that he was the only person promoted. Link to comment
canbelto Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I think that there will be more promotions at the end of the season. There is definitely some room in the soloist and principal level. Predictions: Joseph Gordon and Unity Phelan or Indiana Woodward to soloist. Link to comment
abatt Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/arts/dance/review-taylor-stanley-at-city-ballet.html According to the NY Times, Peter Martins's decison to promote Stanley was spontaneous. Link to comment
alexL Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Great news! I've been wondering when they are going to promote him. Congrats!! Link to comment
sohalia Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I think that there will be more promotions at the end of the season. There is definitely some room in the soloist and principal level. Predictions: Joseph Gordon and Unity Phelan or Indiana Woodward to soloist. I agree with your predictions. I wouldn't mind if all 3 get promoted ;) Don't they usually do a bunch of promotions after Saratoga too? Link to comment
cobweb Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Totally agree about Gordon and Phelan and possibly Woodward. What about Russell Janzen to principal? Also, less likely but I can hope, Ashley Laracey to principal. Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/arts/dance/review-taylor-stanley-at-city-ballet.html According to the NY Times, Peter Martins's decison to promote Stanley was spontaneous. Wouldn't Martins have needed approval from the board (for any promotion) beforehand? Link to comment
Kathleen O'Connell Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Wouldn't Martins have needed approval from the board (for any promotion) beforehand? I'd be very surprised if the NYCB Board had to approve promotions on a dancer-by-dancer basis. More likely the Board has to approve the Company's overall budget and how it is allocated amongst dancers, musicians, technical staff, administrative staff, production costs, etc etc etc. I would expect it to be Martins' job to figure out how many dancers he can afford to promote and when. I'm glad to see that Stanley was promoted in any event -- it's well deserved and maybe even a bit overdue. Link to comment
zobeide Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Great news! I've been wondering when they are going to promote him. Congrats!! I thought Taylor was going to be promoted last year but I suspect he lost out to Anthony Huxley. I also believe they will promote Joe Gordon, who has been dancing numerous solo/principal roles. My vote for female promotion to principal goes to Lauren King, who is not only a great technician but whose big smile radiates to the back of the house. Ashley Laracey is wonderful but gets very little to dance so I don't think promotion to principal (at least this year) is in the cards for her. Sohalia, the promotions usually are announced right after the Spring Season. In fact, last year they were announced after the last performance of the season, which was a Sunday. I don't believe they announce any further promotions after Saratoga. But some promotions, like Taylor's or Russell Janzen's about 2 years ago, are spontaneous and come at odd times. Still bravo and big congrats to Taylor!! He really deserves this promotion. For anyone interested, he also dances with Troy Schumacher's group, BalletCollective, which I think is performing in late June at NYU's Skirball Center. Link to comment
abatt Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I think Pollack will make principal, perhaps next year. She gets a lot of lead roles now. I bet after the run of Sleeping Beauty next season there will be a number of promotions. Link to comment
zobeide Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I think Pollack is pretty good but frankly, being married to Jonathan Stafford (who in now second in command to Kay Mazzo at SAB) doesn't hurt. Link to comment
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