New York City Ballet wants to remind everyone about the 2-part PBS special that airs this Friday, February 17 at 9PM and next Friday, February 24th. A performance will be presented from last summer's tour to the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris – half this Friday and half next Friday.
Photo: Michel Lidvac
A brochure arrived in Haglund's mail today which shows that on the weekend that precedes Fourth of July, New York City Ballet MOVES will present four performances at Bard College's Sosnoff Theater as part of the Summerscape 2017 program. This touring group with its rotating selection of dancers from all ranks of the company will perform Dances at a Gathering, Duo Concertant, and In Creases on:
Friday, June 30th @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 1 @ 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 2 @ 2:00 PM
Tickets go on sale to the general public on February 21st here.
This might be a nice way to spend the slow Fourth of July weekend. Take Amtrak's scenic route an hour and a half north of the city, enjoy a leisurely lunch or dinner, and see casting that you may not have yet seen at Lincoln Center. Then if you haven't had enough, continue north to Saratoga where the company opens on Wednesday.
The dancers have to stay close to home this summer because of the incredible, joyous Jewels golden jubilee celebration from July 20-23 at Lincoln Center. Word on the street is that tickets go on sale to LC Members on March 13 and to the general public a week later. Ticketing for these LCF big ballet events can often be a pain in the arse. LCF holds seats back to try to push people into buying more expensive tickets. Instead of getting forced sales, they get a lot of ill will toward Lincoln Center. For a few years, they divvied up the tickets between the Koch and Avery Fisher box offices in separate batches. You had to run back and forth across the plaza just to see what was available. Hopefully, ticketing will be more transparent this year, and Lincoln Center Festival will try to make friends with the balletomanes who rush to buy tickets early instead of antagonizing us. Scorn from annoyed balletomanes never does anyone any good.
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Gelsey Kirkland Ballet has another enticing program on the schedule for March 24, 25 & 26 with a preview performance on the 23rd. Located in the GKArts Center at 29 Jay Street in Dumbo, the company's intimate theater is an easy subway ride via the F-train (York Street) or the A/C-train (High Street).
The spring bill includes Leonid Yakobson's Eternal Spring, Village Don Juan, and The Jewish Wedding; Leonid Lavrosky’s Walpurgis Night; Petipa's Talisman; and Goleizovsky's Melodia. Tickets are available here.
This studio ballet company, which uses many students from the Gelsey Kirkland Academy, punches way above its weight season after season. Not only are there very good dancers to appreciate, but there are exceptional and unique artists as well.
Here is the video trailer for the upcoming series of performances:
Can anyone tell me the name of the Debussy piece Eternal Spring is set to? It's extraordinarily beautiful.
Posted by: J Bowman | February 16, 2017 at 04:26 PM
It is a Dvorak piece for cello and piano, "Songs my mother taught me". It seems to be set for a string ensemble or a cello ensemble with piano accompaniment.
Posted by: LLHo | February 17, 2017 at 05:10 AM
Thanks much, LLHO!
Posted by: Haglund | February 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Did you see Lauren Lovettes debut of Aurora and Miriam Millers of Lilac? I wanna hear your input
Posted by: Angelinagrace | February 17, 2017 at 01:05 PM
Momentarily....
Posted by: Haglund | February 17, 2017 at 01:06 PM
I just watched the first part of the PBS special - I was so excited to see that these would air over here and this particular all-Balanchine French program was one of my favorites over the spring season last year. Walpurgisnacht was lovely as always, though Sara Mearns' angst face crept in a bit too much for my taste. I loved all the iconic poses of the three main corps dancers in La Valse (the spotlight pose with one arm over their eyes always elicits chills), and thought that Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara kept up with vets Gwyneth Muller and Marika Anderson quite well!
Posted by: Noelle | February 17, 2017 at 11:15 PM
Hi, Noelle.
I totally enjoyed it as well. Don't forget to watch the second half next Friday!
Posted by: Haglund | February 18, 2017 at 10:04 AM
Re: Gelsey Kirkland Ballet - I saw the Walpurgis Nacht and The Jewish Wedding (although I think they titled it Wedding Procession or Wedding Cortege) last season. Both were outstanding; The Jewish Wedding is an unsung masterpiece, I urge everyone to go; must see about getting a ticket for myself before it's too late.
Keep singing the praises of this troupe, Haglund. It's well worth the effort (and actually easy) to take the F out to DUMBO to see these folks.
(PS - on another subject, thanks for the info on fish dives.)
Posted by: Ellen | February 20, 2017 at 08:20 PM