Monday, May 7th, 2012
Have you ever wondered what it would take to partner a female ballet dancer? The May 6 matinee at New York City Ballet was an excellent primer for any one considering that question. In each of the four works from the All (Jerome) Robbins program, at the former New York State Theater, the male lead rarely left the side of his female partner.
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Tags: Andantino, Fokine, Frederic Chopin, George Balanchine, In G Major, In the Night, Jerome Robbins, Jock Soto, Maria Kowroski, Massine, Nancy McDill, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, Petipa, Ravel, Robert Fairchild, Sebastian Marcovici, Sterling Hyltin, The Cage, Tyler Angle, Water Flowing Together
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
There is no better way to anoint a rising male ballet star than to award him the title role in George Balanchine’s “Apollo.” On May 5 at David R. Koch Theater, New York City Ballet corps dancer Chase Finlay hit the big time with “Apollo,” receiving three curt
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Tags: Ana Sophia Scheller, Apollo, Bruce Webber, Chase Finlay, Four Temperaments, French Vogue, George Balanchine, Gonzalo Garcia, Igor Stravinsky, Jennie Somogyi, Maria Kowroski, Monumentum Pro Gesualdo, Movements for Piano and Orchestra, New York City Ballet, Nietzche, Peter Martins, Sebastian Marcovici, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Vitruvian-Man
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