City Ballet’s Casting Crisis A Key to the Company’s Values
The biggest story at City Ballet this season wasn’t the Diamond Project-that was the saddest story; the biggest story was casting. An entire generation of dancers is fading or phasing out: Margaret...
View ArticleTarnished Jewels, Living Dolls, A Plague of Ballerina Injuries
The first half of City Ballet’s “Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration” is winding down … and not a moment too soon. A few more bad ankles and there won’t be anyone left to dance. Consider: Wendy...
View ArticleThe Interminable Centenary, A Jumble of Highs and Lows
The Balanchine centenary celebrations at City Ballet lurch on-we’re now one-third of the way through a second season of hoopla. There’s been so much spin and so much P.R. that it’s hard to remember...
View ArticleDiamond Project Appraised: Still Only Semiprecious
We are progressing step by inexorable step through City Ballet’s current Diamond Project season—seven new ballets by seven choreographers. The first step, an Eliot Feld evening featuring a particularly...
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