observations 10/4

Tickets for ABT's fall season at the Koch Theater have been on Goldstar for quite some time. ($25-54) There's no suggestion of a bogus, obnoxious Costume Fee like the one they've loaded onto the tickets purchased through the theater's box office. The poor box office seems to be tiring of explaining to people that the entire Costume Fee is ABT's doing, and not the Koch Theater's fee. Forced donations and especially forced donations without a tax deduction will get ABT nothing but bad will. Right now, it looks like they may have to give away the entire season.

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Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema presents Raymonda on Sunday, October 27th at all the usual cinemas. Search locations here.

Raymonda – Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 12:55 p.m. ET and PT, 11:55am MT, and 10:55am CT
CAST
Raymonda: Olga Smirnova
Jena de Brienne: Artemy Belyakov
Abderakhman: Igor Tsvirko
Clemence and Henriette, Raymonda's friends: Anastasia Denisova, Maria Vinogradova

That costume –

 

Comments

[Solor]

I recognize that this is a forced contribution, but there's no reason you cannot deduct the $2.50 from your taxes. The website of the David Koch Theater breaks out the $2.50 as going toward the ABT Costume Fund. (I don't know about the ticket itself.) In any case, cash contributions of less than $250 do not require documentation from the company. (If you've bought more than 100 tickets (>$250 in contributions) you will need a letter, as well as another form of distraction.)

[Gerry]

It appears ABT is giving Sarah Lane the Veronika Part treatment. Casting her in as few performances as possible, shutting her out of Cornejo’s Anniversary Evening, leaving her out of the Giselle tour in April, and shoving her in matinee shows of Nut. Infuriating..

[Haglund]

Are we surprised by McKenzie's treatment of Sarah? No. Even if Daniil and Herman were available for the Giselle tour, McKenzie would insert the fakerina, not Sarah. Are we surprised that McKenzie plopped the whining blobberina in as Terpsichore with Herman instead of Sarah? No. Are we surprised that the Balanchine stager is allowing it? Damnbetcha, we are. It really diminishes our respect for the Balanchine trust when they let the likes of Copeland trundle through Tschai PdD and Apollo. Dear lord, it's literally like shitting on Balanchine.