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Tag Archives: Isabella Boylston
ABT is Coming to Orange County with Ratmansky’s New FIREBIRD
How excited am I! This Thursday through Sunday, my beloved ABT will be performing at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County. They’re premiering Ratmansky’s new Firebird – and none other than SLSG faves Marcelo Gomes and Natalia … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Previews / Upcoming Dance Events
Tagged ABT, David Hallberg, Firebird, Isabella Boylston, Marcelo Gomes, Merce Cunningham, Natalia Osipova, Ratmansky, Simone Messmer, Wheeldon
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Alina Cojocaru and Polina Semionova Guest Star in ABT’s DON QUIXOTE
Over the weekend, two European star ballerinas – Alina Cojocaru from the Royal Ballet in London, and Polina Semionova from the Berlin State Opera Ballet – guest starred in American Ballet Theater’s Don Quixote as Kitri. Cojocaru danced with Jose … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Alina Cojocaru, Black Swan, Bolshoi, David Hallberg, Don Quixote, Giselle, Isabella Boylston, Ivan Vasiliev, Johan Kobborg, Jose Carreno, Kitri, Marcelo Gomes, Natalia Osipova, Polina Semionova, Sarah Lane, Sascha Radetsky, Sleeping Beauty, The Ballet Bag ladies, Veronika Part
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Jose Carreno in “Swan Lake” on Dancing With the Stars
Did you guys see it last night? I don’t know who choreographed but it’s obviously a version created for fans of Black Swan the movie, showing both black and white swans vying for Prince Siegfried’s attention, and shortened for the … Continue reading
ALL DAY AT ABT: ALL AMERICAN AND ALL ASHTON PROGRAMS
Last Saturday I had my first crazy ABT day where I spent the whole day at Lincoln Center, seeing both matinee and evening performances. I’ll do the same tomorrow with two Sleeping Beauties – can’t miss Alina Cojocaru (who I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged ABT, Alice Tully Hall Cafe, American Ballet Theater, Amy Sohn, Birthday Offering, Blaine Hoven, Brahms-Hayden Variations, Company B, Cory Stearns, Craig Salstein, Daniel Ulbrich, Daniil Simkin, David Hallberg, Diana Vishneva, Fancy Free, Frederick Ashton, Gemma Bond, Hee Seo, Herman Cornejo, Isabella Boylston, Jerome Robbins, Lady of the Camellias, Lincoln Center, Marcelo Gomes, Metropolitan Opera House, Midsummer Nights Dream, Paloma Herrera, Paul Taylor, Prospect Park West, Puck, Sascha Radetsky, Simone Messmer, Stella Abrera, Thais Pas de Deux, The Awakening Pas de Deux, The Dream, Twyla Tharp, Veronika Part
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ABT AT 70 AT THE GUGGENHEIM
Last night American Ballet Theatre put on a little celebration of its 70th anniversary and gave a little preview of its upcoming Met season (which begins next Monday, May 17th) at the Guggenheim, as part of the museum’s Works and … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Event Reviews
Tagged ABT, Alexei Agoudine, American Ballet Theater, Antony Tudor, Don Quixote, Donald Saddler, Eric Tamm, Fancy Free, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Guggenheim, Isabella Boylston, Jared Matthews, John Neumeier, La Bayadere, Lady of the Camellias, Lucia Chase, Lupe Serrano, Marian Butler, Michel Fokine, Natalie Portman, Rachel Moore, Sascha Radetsky, Stella Abrera, Susan Jaffe, Susan Jones, The Dream, Veronika Part, Works and Process, Xiomara Reyes, Yuriko Kajiya
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NATALIE PORTMAN: "HOMEWRECKER"??
Apparently the New York Post’s Page Six people have found out about Benjamin Millepied’s prior relationship with ABT’s Isabella Boylston (and are finding it newsworthy) because they’re now depicting Natalie Portman as a “homewrecker” who tore the two apart. (Doesn’t … Continue reading
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET MAKES ITS JOYCE DEBUT (and Marco Goecke Steals the Show IMO)
Tuesday night, the Pacific Northwest Ballet opened its 5-day run at the Joyce. This was my first time seeing this company, and it has a reputation as one of the most prestigious in the U.S. Helmed by Peter Boal, a … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged 3 Movements, ABT, Alastair Macaulay, American Ballet Theater, Arvo Part, Bach, Benjamin Millepied, Brahms, Carla Korbes, Edwaard Liang, Evan McKie, Fur Alina, Isabella Boylston, James Moore, Joyce Theater, Marco Goecke, Mopey, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Opus 111, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Peter Boal, PNB, Seth Orza, Stuttgart Ballet, The Cramps, Twyla Tharp
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SOME PHOTOS OF ABT'S FALL '09 OPENING NIGHT GALA
Above photo by Rosalie O’Connor of Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once by Benjamin Millepied; photos below by Andrea Mohin from the NY Times, of Millepied’s Everything (dancers: Marcelo Gomes and Isabella Boylston), and Alexei Ratmansky’s Seven Sonatas (dancers l-r: Stella … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Criticism / Discussion / Reviews / Blogs, Dance Photos
Tagged ABT, ABT opening night gala, Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theater, Benjamin Millepied, Everything Doesn't Happen at Once, Isabella Boylston, Julie Kent, Marcelo Gomes, Seven Sonatas, Stella Abrera, Xiomara Reyes
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MARCELO GOMES STILL MY FAVORITE!
(headshot by Jade Young) I had an insane weekend (out from early evening until not so early next morning both Friday and Saturday at Brooklyn ballroom competition, with ABT Saturday matinee of Sylvia sandwiched in between. Then spent all day … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged ABT, Alexandre Hammoudi, Alexei Agoudine, American Ballet Theater, Anne Milewski, Arron Scott, Carlos Lopez, Cory Stearns, Daniil Simkin, feet, Fourth of July, Gene Schiavone, Gillian Murphy, Isabella Boylston, Jacob's Pillow, Jade Young, Jared Matthews, Kristi Boone, Le Corsaire, Leann Underwood, Luis Ribagorda, Marcelo Gomes, Maria Bystrova, Paloma Herrera, points, Roberto Bolle, Sarah Lane, Simone Messmer, Sylvia, Veronika Part
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CORY STEARNS AND ISABELLA BOYLSTON IN DESIR
Here’s a photo, by Rosalie O’Conner, to go along with my two earlier posts. This was the couple I was going on about so in James Kudelka’s Desir; a photo wasn’t available earlier. I found it in Tobi Tobias’s just-posted … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Criticism / Discussion / Reviews / Blogs, Dance Photos
Tagged ABT, Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theater, Bolshoi, Cory Stearns, Desir, Isabella Boylston, James Kudelka, Natalia Osipova, Nina Ananiashvili, On the Dneiper, Rosalie O'Connor, Tobi Tobias
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AMERICAN BALLET THEATER'S PROKOFIEV PROGRAM
(Desir, photo by Cylla von Tiedemann, from ABT website) On the Dnieper grew on me after seeing it the second time on Tuesday night, with the new cast, although I still generally preferred the first cast. If you missed my … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Alexandre Hammoudi, Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theater, Angel Corella, Apollinaire Scherr, Ballet Talk, Boris Eifman, Cory Stearns, Daniil Simkin, David Hallberg, Desir, Diana Vishneva, George Balanchine, Gillian Murphy, Hee Seo, Herman Cornejo, Irina Dvorovenko, Isabella Boylston, James Kudelka, Jared Matthews, Jose Carreno, Jose Manuel Carreno, Kristi Boone, Marcelo Gomes, Maria Riccetto, Michele Wiles, On the Dnieper, Prodical Son, Prokofiev, Veronika Part
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DAY OF THE UNEXPECTED: AN OPERA WHOSE CHARACTERS ARE SMELLS & A TUDOR-ESQUE STORY BALLET BY RATMANSKY
I had a crazy day. This afternoon I went to the Guggenheim to see this new ScentOpera – an opera told entirely through music and smell (each seat had a little microphone that blew the scents into your face) — … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theater, Antony Tudor, Blaine Hoven, Bolshoi Ballet, Christophe Laudamiel, Christopher Wheeldon, Cory Stearns, David Hallberg, Desir, Ethan Stiefel, Funky Green Impostor, George Balanchine, Gillian Murphy, Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Works & Process, Herman Cornejo, Isabella Boylston, James Kudelka, Kevin McKenzie, Marcelo Gomes, New York City Ballet, Nico Muhly, On the Dnieper, Paloma Herrera, Prodigal Son, ScentOpera, Sergei Prokofiev, Veronika Part
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