Category: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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My Fair Lady

A great cast and a great performance tonight at My Fair Lady.

Rather old-fashioned script though. Wish Eliza had left Higgins much earlier so we didn’t have to endure all the angry monologue by a self-centered privileged man about how he’s victimized. Also, give the women more lines please!

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    Whipped Cream

    Whipped Cream by American Ballet Theatre.

    I missed Whipped Cream last year, and was glad to finally catch the production this year. My favorite part of the night, though, came during the curtain bow. Catherine Hurlin was just promoted to a soloist over the weekend. Tonight was her first performance since the announcement. You could literally see the glee coming out of her, as she dances joyfully on stage during the bow. Congratulations!!!

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    Don Quixote

    Don Quixote by American Ballet Theatre.

    Love Isabella Boylston as Kitri, and Catherine Hurlin and Cassie Trenary as the Flower Girls!

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    Swan Lake

    American Ballet Theatre. June 23rd at the Met Opera House.

    A completely packed house to see Misty Copeland as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake this afternoon.

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    Swan Lake

    American Ballet Theatre. June 18th at the Met Opera House.

    Swan Lake. My favorite moments: The black swan scene between Devon Teuscher and Cory Stearns. Pas de Trois by Katherine Williams, Catherine Hurlin, and Blaine Hoven.

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    Harlequinade

    American Ballet Theatre at the Met Opera House.

    A fun night with the new production, Harlequinade.

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    Coppelia

    New York City Ballet. June 2nd at the Koch Theater.

    Tonight’s Coppelia is my favorite program of this year’s NYCB season!!! Ashley Boulder is absolutely gorgeous as Swanilda.

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    La Bayadère

    American Ballet Theater. May 30th at the Met Opera House.

    Tonight’s La Bayadère featured a stunning cast: Gorgeous dancing by Skylar Brandt as Gamzatti, Sarah Lane as Nikiya, and wonderful air time by Herman Cornejo.

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    Classic NYCB

    New York City Ballet. May 29th at the Koch Theater.

    My favorite of the night goes to “Not Our Fate” by Lauren Lovette. The piece showing the relationships between five couples (including same-sex couples) was emotional and moving. I love Lauren’s distinctive movement vocabulary: the way the dancers jumped, the way they turned and twirled, and the curved paths in the air that the dancers went through during assisted lifts. The piece feels dynamic. Everything is evolving. Nothing is ever straight. Altogether, the dancers filled the stage with tangled stories and their innermost desires for love.