Comments on: Farewell To A True Artist

By: Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » SYTYCD, Christopher Caines and NYCB | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:13:19 +0000

[...] Also went to NYCB last night for their Dancers’ Choice Program (a variety of excerpts from favorite ballets all selected by the dancers, and including a little video footage), which was excellent. Sat next to Mr. Artiste And LOVED Flit of Fury — the Monarch, the new ballet by NYCB dancers Adam Hendrickson and Aaron Severini. One of the best new ballets I’ve seen in a while. Review coming soon! [...]

By: Selly

Selly — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:07:36 +0000

Sounds so fun. Sad, but fun.
Oh, and the Misha thing is pretty funny, too

Selly

By: cathy

cathy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:39:22 +0000

this must have been quite a night! wow!
I’d have been extremely starstruck, and probably would have fainted by the time Misha passed by also!
thanks for the review, very fun reading as usual!

By: tonya

tonya — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:57:18 +0000

It was great seeing you too, Sarah! That is hilarious — now I totally recognize you in that top picture!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:21:58 +0000

Tonya… It was so good seeing you on Sunday.

I love your review and your pictures (you got the back of my head and my camera in that first one hahahahaha!).

By: tonya

tonya — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:27:11 +0000

Oh haha, thanks Bob — I can’t believe I said artistic director! Of course I meant resident choreographer!

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:19:35 +0000

What an incredible afternoon and you captured it so well! All of us who were lucky enough to be there will never forget it. It was not only a great tribute to a remarkable artist – it also was an afternoon of some truly extraordinary dancing. And in all the farewell programs at NYCB that I have attended over the years, I do not recall any more emotional onstage goodbye than what we experienced between Nikolaj and Yvonne.

One minor correction to what was otherwise a super review – Ratmansky may be taking over as resident choreographer, not as artistic director at NYCB (I don’t think that Peter is ready to hand in his retirement letter). My thanks to you and Philip and Sarah and everyone else whose personal reflections on Sunday’s events have helped further enrich our experiences of the day.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:17:34 +0000

thanks for the review…I feel very lucky to have seen him dance, what a presence on stage!

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:04:18 +0000

Nice photographs! I can’t believe you saw all those famous people! How cool! I hate that I missed the show.

By: tonya

tonya — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:44:50 +0000

Thanks you guys. I’m glad you liked the post. Oh and I meant to thank you, Jolene, for that article you linked to on my earlier post!

By: SanderO

SanderO — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:22:08 +0000

It’s like a river… always the same but always different. Talents come and go and new ones follow on.

We honor those who gave their all and rose to the top.

We await the new. They’re coming. Eyes wide open.

By: jolene

jolene — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:19:01 +0000

Loved your entry – With every farewell, it always runs through my mind that each dancer will be irreplaceable, and there will be no one better for this role, or for that one, and it’s always a sad event. There have been too many farewells in the last year, I can’t take any more!

Funny, I too didn’t recognize Baryshnikov when I saw him. I suppose his stage persona is bigger than any one person could ever be.

By: SanderO

SanderO — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:50:49 +0000

Tonya,

Beautiful review. Thanks and the pics were super.