This tragedy brings only tears and sadness. Volodya, it is impossible to comprehenсe how early and unfair you passed away. This is the tragedy for our theatre, our common grief, feeling of emptiness. My beautiful Romeo, my Prince in Cinderella. RIP ❤️ #VladimirShklyarov

#WONDERLAND Andrea Miller and GALLIM take us down a rabbit hole. My review for Bachtrack bachtrack.com/review-andrea-…

At the New York Steinway factory, pianist Rowena Arrieta and dancers Jaryd Farcon and Kate Reyes made a Model B selection in preparation for The Filipino as Artist: Shaping the American Narrative — presented by the Hiraya Foundation. 🎹✨

Edges of Ailey Whitney Museum How many museum-goers will actually make it to one of the live performances at the museum? My review Bachtrack bachtrack.com/22/296/view/27…

They revived #Grace for Alvin Ailey's winter season NEW YORK CITY CENTER My review Bachtrack bachtrack.com/review-aaadt-c…

Yes, Virginia, there is a Sugar Plum Fairy in Mark Morris' #TheHardNut which opened its 8th New York season BAM My review Bachtrack bachtrack.com/review-the-har…

Ukraine-born Russian enigma Sergei Polunin says his “time is up” cbsnews.com/news/sergei-po…

Trocadero forever #SwanLake #YesVirginiaAnotherPianoBallet #DyingSwan #Raymonda #MerceCunningham #PatternsInSpace My review Bachtrack bachtrack.com/review-les-bal…

Of hubris and war: Ragamala and the Mahabharata My review Bachtrack bachtrack.com/review-ragamal…

More thoughts on Ragamala and Children of Dharma TheJoyceTheater from Leigh Donlan ballettothepeople.com/2025/01/15/rag…

After 25 yrs with nycballet Ashley Bouder will bid farewell in FIREBIRD on Feb 13. Here is my review Bachtrack of her in that role almost exactly 4 yrs ago before pandemic shut it all down: bachtrack.com/review-balanch…

Spiritual highs from Ronald K Brown/ EVIDENCE TheJoyceTheater as noted by Leigh Donlan ballettothepeople.com/2025/01/27/ron…

EVIDENCE at 40. My review of opening night TheJoyceTheater Bachtrack bachtrack.com/review-evidenc…

A new Justin Peck drops on Wednesday. Found this as I was going through my reviews of his premieres. Fun times in San Francisco #InTheCountenanceOfKings San Francisco Ballet huffpost.com/entry/justin-p…

When the sets linger in the mind not the dances – my review of a Wheeldon, Balanchine and Peck mixed bill nycballet Bachtrack #MysticFamiliar #DoorAndASigh #FromYouWithinMe bachtrack.com/22/296/view/28…

The earthly and unearthly beauties of Hervé Koubi's What the Day Owes to the Night TheJoyceTheater ballettothepeople.com/2025/02/03/the…

“Part of his success is the sort of creation of an entire fictive, rhetorical world of enemies — you know, villains and heroes — that his supporters can buy into” – Prof. Charles Zug, expert on #demagoguery in #politics, quoted The New York Times theatlantic.com/photo/2015/05/…

Jim Becker, #AP reporter who covered #JackieRobinson and an underdog #Hawaii football team, dies at 98. Ingenious how he got his stories out of Korea during the war apnews.com/article/obitua…

This is a #nation: "You want to be giving resistance ... You start working on being active in that fall long before it gets to you. So that you really feel it coming and you help the people in front of you. It is a complete team effort" #woodensoldierfall youtube.com/watch?v=JxhPhS…

A 3-yr-old in Jolo, one of the poorest areas in the Philippines, has been diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphocytic #Leukemia (ALL) and after chemotherapy has failed now requires a bone marrow transplant. Please help if you can: gofund.me/d15554a9